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Notions of Identity in the Work of Egon Hostovsky
Notions of Identity in the Work of Egon Hostovsky RADOJKA MILJEVIC School of Slavonic and East European Studies Submission for PhD Degree ProQuest Number: 10014386 All rights reserved INFORMATION TO ALL USERS The quality of this reproduction is dependent upon the quality of the copy submitted. In the unlikely event that the author did not send a complete manuscript and there are missing pages, these will be noted. Also, if material had to be removed, a note will indicate the deletion. uest. ProQuest 10014386 Published by ProQuest LLC(2016). Copyright of the Dissertation is held by the Author. All rights reserved. This work is protected against unauthorized copying under Title 17, United States Code. Microform Edition © ProQuest LLC. ProQuest LLC 789 East Eisenhower Parkway P.O. Box 1346 Ann Arbor, Ml 48106-1346 Abstract This thesis is an examination of personal identity in the work of the Czech writer Egon Hostovsky (1908-73), a major exponent of the twentieth-century psychological ‘analytical’ novel in Czech. Traditional readings of his oeuvre have been marred by the failure to separate his biography from his fiction. In the pre-Second World War period he has often been labelled as a ‘Jewish’ writer because of his Jewish background; the post-war reception of Hostovsky has tended either to sentimentalize him or treat his work politically because of his exile from Czechoslovakia both during and after the Second World War. This thesis aims to challenge many of these readings by a disinterested evaluation of his work. This thesis also attempts to demonstrate the consistency of Hostovsky’s thematic concerns across his oeuvre both by studying unified blocks of his work chronologically and by discrete studies of important themes. -
(GIGI) FENSTER a Thesis Submitted to the Victoria University
FEVERISH SELF-INDUCED FEVER AND THE CREATIVE MIND BY GIOVANNA (GIGI) FENSTER A thesis submitted to the Victoria University of Wellington in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Victoria University of Wellington (2016) ABSTRACT This thesis is a hybrid work that combines the critical and creative components of the Creative Writing PhD in a novel, Feverish. It includes notes, an afterword, and a full bibliography. Feverish is a novel narrated by Gigi, a writer who wishes to induce a fever in herself. The thesis aims to present more than a fictional account of a quest for fever. It aims, rather to travel with the mind of the protagonist. Gigi is not exclusively engaged in quest-related transactions in her present. Her interest in fever moves her to consider events from her past and her upbringing in Apartheid South Africa. It reminds her of a teenaged fascination with brain fever in Wuthering Heights. It prompts her to research fever-related aspects of psychiatric history and Jewish history. It drives her to research the law on consent to self-harm. As Gigi’s interest in fever leads her to these and other topics, so the thesis follows her, so the form adapts. In both its form and its content, Feverish presents a view into a mind. It provides glimpses of the events that shaped the mind. It describes where the mind goes when in the single-minded grip of a quasi-fever. The novel contains strands of theory, memoir, creative non-fiction, ficto-criticism. These different forms are layered upon each other. -
A History of Modern Psychology in Context / by Wade E
AHISTORYOF MODERN PSYCHOLOGY IN CONTEXT Wade E. Pickren and Alexandra Rutherford A JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC., PUBLICATION This book is printed on acid-free paper. Copyright © 2010 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey. Published simultaneously in Canada. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning, or otherwise, except as permitted under Section 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the prior written permission of the Publisher, or authorization through payment of the appropriate per-copy fee to the Copyright Clearance Center, Inc., 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, (978) 750-8400, fax (978) 646-8600, or on the web at www.copyright.com. Requests to the Publisher for permission should be addressed to the Permissions Department, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030, (201) 748-6011, fax (201) 748-6008. Limit of Liability/Disclaimer of Warranty: While the publisher and author have used their best efforts in preparing this book, they make no representations or warranties with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the contents of this book and specifically disclaim any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. No warranty may be created or extended by sales representatives or written sales materials. The advice and strategies contained herein may not be suitable for your situation. You should consult with a professional where appropriate. Neither the publisher nor author shall be liable for any loss of profit or any other commercial damages, including but not limited to special, incidental, consequential, or other damages. -
Gigi) Fenster
View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by ResearchArchive at Victoria University of Wellington FEVERISH SELF-INDUCED FEVER AND THE CREATIVE MIND BY GIOVANNA (GIGI) FENSTER A thesis submitted to the Victoria University of Wellington in fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Victoria University of Wellington (2016) ABSTRACT This thesis is a hybrid work that combines the critical and creative components of the Creative Writing PhD in a novel, Feverish. It includes notes, an afterword, and a full bibliography. Feverish is a novel narrated by Gigi, a writer who wishes to induce a fever in herself. The thesis aims to present more than a fictional account of a quest for fever. It aims, rather to travel with the mind of the protagonist. Gigi is not exclusively engaged in quest-related transactions in her present. Her interest in fever moves her to consider events from her past and her upbringing in Apartheid South Africa. It reminds her of a teenaged fascination with brain fever in Wuthering Heights. It prompts her to research fever-related aspects of psychiatric history and Jewish history. It drives her to research the law on consent to self-harm. As Gigi’s interest in fever leads her to these and other topics, so the thesis follows her, so the form adapts. In both its form and its content, Feverish presents a view into a mind. It provides glimpses of the events that shaped the mind. It describes where the mind goes when in the single-minded grip of a quasi-fever. -
Wagner-Jauregg and Fever Therapy
Medical History, 1990, 34: 294-310. WAGNER-JAUREGG AND FEVER THERAPY by MAGDA WHITROW * Among the recipients of the Nobel prize for medicine and physiology are two psychiatrists. The first to be awarded the prize, in 1927, was the Austrian psychiatrist Julius Wagner von Jauregg for his malaria therapy for general paralysis of the insane (GPI). The second, in 1949, was the Portuguese neuro-surgeon Egas Moniz, who developed the operation of leucotomy for the treatment of severe, intractable, and progressive psychiatric disorders. The operation was often dangerous and brought with it undesirable side effects. Despite modification in the procedure, it has now been made largely obsolescent by the introduction of psychotropic drugs. Similarly, malaria therapy is no longer used for the treatment of paralytics, as this late stage of syphilis is now rarely seen because the disease is treated at an earlier stage with antibiotics. This paper examines the work that led to the award of the first psychiatric Nobel Prize to Wagner-Jauregg. WAGNER-JAUREGG'S SEARCH FOR EVIDENCE The idea that fever can have a curative effect on mental diseases goes back to antiquity. Hippocrates mentioned the beneficial influence of a malaria infection on epilepsy (Quartana epilepsiae vindex) and Galen cited a case of melancholy cured as a result ofan attack ofquartan fever.1 Sydenham and Boerhaave knew of the beneficial effect of feverish illnesses on madness. According to Neuburger, Boerhaave2 claimed that he would be the greatest of all physicians if he could produce intermittent fevers as well as treat them. Pinel3 in his Treatise on insanity referred to quartan fever as a disorder operating to produce a "permanency of recovery". -
The First Period: 1909–1952 3
9781405189552_4_C01.qxd 11/5/09 10:46 Page 1 International League Against Epilepsy – 1 the first period: 1909–1952 Simon Shorvon and Giselle Weiss For many years, time shrouded the detail of the origins of early as 1845, and by 1909 every major European country the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE). Recent had a national psychiatric society. Another important research, however, has revealed much about the incep- element was the opportunity afforded by the large tion and early development of the organisation. In fact international medical congresses for like-minded indi- the picture is now relatively complete, although certain viduals to meet and discuss international cooperation. details are still missing. For instance, we do not really These congresses became a vehicle for such networking understand the motivations of the League’s founders or and a breeding ground for various initiatives, including the financial basis of the organisation or the extent of the launch of the ILAE. the initial connection between the League and Epilepsia. Epilepsy was then a much more stigmatised condition Moreover, for important periods in the later history, than now, linked in the minds of many with madness and significant source documentation has been lost. This is associated with degeneration and in part with criminality. perhaps hardly surprising, but it makes it all the more The iniquity of this reactionary attitude was recognised by important to collate what information exists, for know- many physicians, and the foundation of the League was in ledge of the history of any major organisation is vital for part a response to it.