Whoâs Afraid of Amalie Skram? Hysteria and Rebellion in Amalie Skramâs Novels of Mental Hospitals

Hilde Bondevik

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Whoâs Afraid of Amalie Skram? Hysteria and Rebellion in Amalie Skramâs Novels of Mental Hospitals

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Pages:: 181â197

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789042029446_013

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In this chapter I intend to shed light on hysteria as a cultural diagnosis by examining two novels from 1895 which are set in mental hospitals: Professor Hieronimus and PÃ¥ St. JÃ¸rgen, written by the Norwegian-Danish author Amalie Skram. The discussion employs an understanding of hysteria as a typical illness and diagnosis of the time and as a form of hysterization of female disorder and rebellion. Amalie Skram and her life experience constitute a framework for the article, also suggesting that Skram may be regarded as an important figure in intellectual history that embodies the spirit of her age and helps to draft a new and modern female typology.

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Illness in Context

Series:Â At the Interface / Probing the Boundaries, Volume: 65

E-Book ISBN:: 9789042029446

Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 01 Jan 2010

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