Rational Madmen : Monomania in Hawthorne’s “The Birthmark” and Stedman’s “How Old Brown Took Harpers Ferry”

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Creator	Green, Paisley
Abstract	In this project, I explore the use of monomania as a literary and rhetorical device that pathologizes deviance from certain norms—in this case, sexual and political norms— and allows for contradiction, dissonance, and reform. Using Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story “The Birthmark” and Edmund Clarence Stedman’s poem “How Old Brown Took Harpers Ferry,” I explore monomania’s role as a literary and rhetorical device and argue that the diagnosis was a way to target aberrant behavior for a “return to the senses”: altering behavior to fit socially acceptable norms. Keywords: monomania, Nathaniel Hawthorne, 19th century literature, Edmund Clarence Stedman
License	All rights reserved
Resource Type	Masters Thesis
Date Available	2017-06-26T23:11:20+00:00
Date Issued	2017-05-05
Degree Level	Master's
Degree Name	Master of Arts (M.A.)
Degree Field	English
Degree Grantor	Oregon State University
Commencement Year	2017
Advisor	Betjemann, Peter J.
Committee Member	Robinson, David Sheehan, Elizabeth Wood, Guy
Academic Affiliation	Writing, Literature and Film
Non-Academic Affiliation	Oregon State University. Graduate School
Rights Statement	In Copyright
Publisher	Oregon State University
Peer Reviewed	No
Language	English [eng]
Replaces	http://hdl.handle.net/1957/61606
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