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Chapter Two: The “Wounded Mind”

Feminism, Trauma, and Self-Narration in Mary Wollstonecraft’s The Wrongs of Woman

Christa Schönfelder

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter 1
Contents 5
Acknowledgments 7
Introduction 9
Chapter One: Theorizing Trauma 27
Chapter Two: The “Wounded Mind” 87
Chapter Three: Anatomizing the “Demons of Hatred” 127
Chapter Four: A Tragedy of Incest 163
Chapter Five: Polluted Daughters 203
Chapter Six: Inheriting Trauma 241
Chapter Seven: The Body of Evidence 279
Conclusion 315
Works Cited 323

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter 1
Contents 5
Acknowledgments 7
Introduction 9
Chapter One: Theorizing Trauma 27
Chapter Two: The “Wounded Mind” 87
Chapter Three: Anatomizing the “Demons of Hatred” 127
Chapter Four: A Tragedy of Incest 163
Chapter Five: Polluted Daughters 203
Chapter Six: Inheriting Trauma 241
Chapter Seven: The Body of Evidence 279
Conclusion 315
Works Cited 323

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