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Self-Consciousness and Schizophrenia: the Literary World of Nuria Amat

Lloyd Davies

New Readings, Volume: 13, Pages: 74 - 92

Swansea University Author: Lloyd Davies

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This article explores varieties of self-consciousness in a range of texts by the Catalan writer, Nuria Amat (1950 - ). Her relentless pursuit of interrelated themes concerning reading, writing and collecting books leads to the exploration of literary passions and mental pathologies, notably madness,...

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ISSN: 13597485
Published: 2013
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