Neera's refiguring of hysteria as nervosismo in Teresa (1886) and L'Indomani (1890)

Mitchell, Katharine (2010) Neera's refiguring of hysteria as nervosismo in Teresa (1886) and L'Indomani (1890). Italianist, 30 (supple). pp. 101-122. ISSN 1748-619X (https://doi.org/10.1179/026143411X13115913307987)

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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.

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Mitchell, Katharine ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9147-8285

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  Item type:	Article
  ID code:	36852
  Dates:	Date Event July 2010 Published
  Subjects:	Language and Literature > French literature - Italian literature - Spanish literature - Portuguese literature
  Department:	Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Humanities > Italian
  Depositing user:	Pure Administrator
  Date deposited:	19 Jan 2012 11:17
  Last modified:	21 Oct 2025 09:55
  URI:	https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/36852