Women on the verge : the culture of neurasthenia in nineteenth-century America / essays by Katherine Williams [and others] ; with an introduction by Wanda M. Corn.

Stanford, CA : Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University, [2004], ©2004.

85 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm

Catalog of an exhibition at the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University, Nov. 11, 2004-Feb. 6, 2005.

American women and "nervousness" : neurasthenia then and now / Katherine Williams -- Rest for the weary : American nervousness and the aesthetics of repose / Zachary Ross -- Figuring the neurasthenic : Thomas Eakins, nervous illness, and gender in Victorian America / Kathleen Spies -- Reforming the lady : Charles Dana Gibson and the "new girl" / Amanda Glesmann -- American women, neurasthenia, and the art of doing nothing / Claire Perry.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 78-81) and index.