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Hysteria Complicated by Ecstasy: The Case of Nanette Leroux
Hysteria Complicated by Ecstasy The Case of Nanette Leroux
Author: Jan Goldstein
Hysteria Complicated by Ecstasy offers a rare window into the inner life of a person ordinarily inaccessible to historians: a semiliterate peasant girl who lived almost two centuries ago, in the aftermath of the French Revolution. Eighteen-year-old Nanette Leroux fell ill in 1822 with a variety of incapacitating nervous symptoms. Living n...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780691011868
ISBN-10: 0691011869
Publication Date: 9/28/2009
Pages: 264
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Publisher: Princeton University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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