 | Monomania: The Flight from Everyday Life in Literature and Art Subjects: Mental illness in literature; Obsessive -- compulsive disorder in literature; European literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism; European literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism. Art history; "This book is about the obsessive strategies people use to keep the arbitrary out of their lives; it is about the fanaticism and intolerance linked to their ideas of perfection and permanence.... Those readers who have brushed against the dangers... Marina van Zuylen is Professor of French and Comparative Literature at Bard College. She is the author of Difficulty as an Aesthetic Principle. |
