Mitchell, Katharine (2010) Neera's refiguring of hysteria as nervosismo in Teresa (1886) and L'Indomani (1890). Italianist, 30 (supple). pp. 101-122. ISSN 0261-4340
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Abstract
In this article I argue that Neera represents her protagonists’ experiences of psychosomatic symptoms as nervosismo rather than hysteria, thus seeking to counter and readdress notions of female sexuality and eroticism as threatening and unfathomable in the collective consciousness.
| Item type: | Article |
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| ID code: | 41335 |
| Keywords: | neera, refiguring, hysteria, nervosismo, Teresa, l'Indomani , women writers, French literature - Italian literature - Spanish literature - Portuguese literature |
| Subjects: | Language and Literature > French literature - Italian literature - Spanish literature - Portuguese literature |
| Department: | Faculty of Humanities And Social Sciences > Italian |
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| Depositing user: | Pure Administrator |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Oct 2012 14:17 |
| Last modified: | 04 Oct 2012 14:29 |
| URI: | http://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/41335 |
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