01154 a2200277 4500 1780491387 20250317100356.0 250312042013GB eng 9781780491387 Taylor & Francis GBP 32.99 BB 01 eng MKMT thema JMAF thema MMJT bic JMAF bic PSY000000 bisac PSY036000 bisac 306.7082 bisac Julie Lokis-Adkins Deadly Desires A Psychoanalytic Study of Female Sexual Perversion and Widowhood in Fin-de-Siecle Women's Writing 1 Oxford Routledge 20130601 200 p During the fin-de-siecle, stories about hysterical women filled the air of Paris and the novels emerging during this era conveyed this hysteria and openly portrayed the symptoms of the women being treated at the Salpetiere. This book examines the emergence of hysterical discourse and its influence on women's writing, specifically focusing on the presentation of female sexuality in three different narratives. 719 719