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Author Mazzoni, Cristina, 1965-

Title Saint hysteria : neurosis, mysticism, and gender in European culture / Cristina Mazzoni.

Publication Info. Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1996.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  248.22 M478S    Check Shelf
Description xi, 233 pages ; 24 cm
Contents Introduction -- Historicizing Hysteria, Hysterizing History: A Dialogue of Neurosis and Religion -- 1. The Ecstasy of Saint Hysteria: Women's Mysticism in Medical Writings -- 2. Mystical Languages of Illness: Naturalism in France and Italy -- 3. Decadence and Saintliness: Hagiographies or Pathographies? -- 4. Mystical Self-Interpretations: From the Age of Spirituality to the Age of Hysteria -- Conclusion -- From Hysterical Anguish to Mystical Ecstasy: Old Symptoms of a New Sainthood.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [213]-225) and index.
Subject Women mystics -- Europe -- Psychology.
Christian women saints -- Europe -- Psychology.
Psychiatry and religion.
Hysteria.
Ecstasy.
ISBN 0801432294 alkaline paper
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