TY - BOOK ID - 77923242 TI - Deadly desires PY - 2013 SN - 0429473540 1782410929 9781782410928 1299599893 9781299599895 9781780491387 0429898312 0429912544 PB - London Karnac Books DB - UniCat KW - Women KW - Paraphilias. KW - Widowhood. KW - Life cycle, Human KW - Deviant sexual behavior KW - Deviation, Sexual KW - Deviations, Sex KW - Sex deviation KW - Sexual deviation KW - Sex KW - Psychosexual disorders KW - Female sexuality KW - Sexual behavior. KW - Rachilde, KW - Criticism and interpretation. KW - Vallette, Marguerite Eymery, KW - Eymery, Marguerite, KW - Vallette, Alfred, KW - Chilra, Jean de, KW - Chibra, Jean de, KW - Eymeri, Marguerite, KW - Rashirudo, UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77923242 AB - During the fin-de-siecle, stories about hysterical women filled the air of Paris and the novels emerging during this era conveyed this hysteria and openly portrayed the symptoms of the women being treated at the Salpetiere. This book examines the emergence of hysterical discourse and its influence on women's writing, specifically focusing on the presentation of female sexuality in three different narratives. ER -