Retreat into the Mind : Victorian Poetry and the Rise of Psychiatry / Ekbert Faas

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; viii, 312 pages ; 25 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 266-297) and index. Contents; I. Dramatic or Psychological Monologue -- II. The New Mental Science -- III. The Psychological School of Poetry: Beginnings -- IV. The Psychological School of Poetry: Origins -- V. Precedents I: The Romantic ""Science of Feelings"" -- VI. Precedents II: Shakespeare -- VII. Dead End: Matthew Arnold -- VIII. The Psychological School of Poetry: Patterns -- IX. The Psychological School of Poetry: Contents -- X. Swinburne, or the Psychopathology of Poetic Creation -- Epilogue: Toward a Poete Maudit Aesthetic -- Appendix: Practitioners of the Dramatic Monologue Among Minor Victorian Poets. Subjects; 1800-1899. Dramatic monologue. Dramatic monologues History and criticism. English poetry. English poetry 19th century History and criticism. English poetry History, 1837-1901. Poetry Psychological aspects. Poetry history. Psychoanalysis and literature Great Britain. Psychoanalysis and literature History 19th century.