“Curiouser and Curiouser”: Part X
“Curiouser and Curiouser”: Part IX
“Recalled to life” ~ Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities
“Curiouser and Curiouser”: Part VIII
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner – James Hogg
“Curiouser and Curiouser”: Part VII
Part VII: The Long Nineteenth Century
As my chosen research covers texts released at various points throughout the Nineteenth Century, I thought creating a timeline may assist with recognising significant events that occurred alongside the publication of these texts.
“Curiouser and Curiouser”: Part VI
Part VI: Language and Time
As my research is specialising in the presence of male hysteria in Nineteenth-Century literature, I need to conduct my research using language of the period to get the results I need.
“Curiouser and Curiouser”: Part V
Part V: More ideas
With the basic ideas for my dissertation in place and background reading well underway, I seek the opinions of my lecturers before taking my research further.
“Curiouser and Curiouser”: Part IV
Part IV: The Wall
31st October 2018
As I sit in the library making my way through the reading material I have gathered thus far, I hit the wall. Not literally of course, but I find myself overwhelmed by the enormity of my task.
“Curiouser and Curiouser”: Part III
“[T]he invention of madness as a disease is in fact nothing less than a peculiar disease of our civilization.” (David Cooper’s Introduction to Madness and Civilization by Michel Foucault)
Wuthering Heights & Me
2018 marks the bicentenary of the birth of Emily Brontë and this publication was produced by the Brontë Society as part of their celebrations for the year. It contains responses to Emily’s only novel, Wuthering Heights, by some of her many fans – including myself.
Below is the article I wrote in early 2018 which was published in September 2018.
“Curiouser and Curiouser”: Part II
Part II:
11th October 2018
Wondering through the University of Chester library I remember a book that was recommended to me last year. The book in question is Madness and Civilization by Michel Foucault. On my search for information on hysteria this seems a fairly reasonable place to start.
Holly Royle 