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CONCLUSION. From Hysterical Anguish to Mystical Ecstasy: Old Symptoms of a New Sainthood

© 2020 Cornell University Press, Ithaca

© 2020 Cornell University Press, Ithaca

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Preface ix
  4. INTRODUCTION. Historicizing Hysteria, Hysterizing History: A Dialogue of Neurosis and Religion 1
  5. CHAPTER 1. The Ecstasy of Saint Hysteria: Women's Mysticism in Medical Writings 17
  6. CHAPTER 2. Mystical Languages of Illness: Naturalism in France and Italy 54
  7. CHAPTER 3. Decadence and Saintliness: Hagiographies or Pathographies? 90
  8. CHAPTER 4. Mystical Self-Interpretations: From the Age of Spirituality to the Age of Hysteria 156
  9. CONCLUSION. From Hysterical Anguish to Mystical Ecstasy: Old Symptoms of a New Sainthood 197
  10. Bibliography 213
  11. Index 227
Saint Hysteria
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https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501737169-007

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Preface ix
  4. INTRODUCTION. Historicizing Hysteria, Hysterizing History: A Dialogue of Neurosis and Religion 1
  5. CHAPTER 1. The Ecstasy of Saint Hysteria: Women's Mysticism in Medical Writings 17
  6. CHAPTER 2. Mystical Languages of Illness: Naturalism in France and Italy 54
  7. CHAPTER 3. Decadence and Saintliness: Hagiographies or Pathographies? 90
  8. CHAPTER 4. Mystical Self-Interpretations: From the Age of Spirituality to the Age of Hysteria 156
  9. CONCLUSION. From Hysterical Anguish to Mystical Ecstasy: Old Symptoms of a New Sainthood 197
  10. Bibliography 213
  11. Index 227
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