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Women on the verge : the culture of neurasthenia in nineteenth-century America

Title
Women on the verge : the culture of neurasthenia in nineteenth-century America / essays by Katherine Williams, Zachary Ross, Kathleen Spies, Amanda Glesmann, and Claire Perry ; with an introduction by Wanda Corn.
Author
Williams, Katherine.
Publication
Stanford, CA : Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University, c2004.

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Additional Authors
  • Ross, Zachary.
  • Glesmann, Amanda.
  • Spies, Kathleen.
  • Perry, Claire.
  • Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University.
Description
85 p. : ill. (some col.) ;28 cm.
Alternative Title
  • Culture of neurasthenia in nineteenth-century America
  • Neurasthenia in nineteenth-century America
Subjects
Note
  • "This book accompanies the exhibition...held at the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University November 11, 2004-February 6, 2005"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 78-81) and index.
Contents
Introduction / Wanda M. Corn -- American women and "nervousness" : neurasthenia then and now / Katherine Williams -- Rest for the weary : American nervousness and the aesthetics of repose / Zachary Ross -- Figuring the neurasthenic : Thomas Eakins, nervous illness, and gender in Victorian America / Kathleen Spies -- Reforming the lady : Charles Dana Gibson and the "new girl" / Amanda Glesmann -- American women, neurasthenia, and the art of doing nothing / Claire Perry.
Call Number
JQF 05-739
ISBN
0937031259 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2004042173
OCLC
  • 55108962
  • NYPG05-B11045
Author
Williams, Katherine.
Title
Women on the verge : the culture of neurasthenia in nineteenth-century America / essays by Katherine Williams, Zachary Ross, Kathleen Spies, Amanda Glesmann, and Claire Perry ; with an introduction by Wanda Corn.
Imprint
Stanford, CA : Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University, c2004.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 78-81) and index.
Added Author
Ross, Zachary.
Glesmann, Amanda.
Spies, Kathleen.
Perry, Claire.
Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University.
Research Call Number
JQF 05-739
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