Hysteria, hypnotism, the spirits, and pornography : fin-de-siècle cultural discourses in the decadent Rachilde / Michael R. Finn.

Newark : University of Delaware Press, [2009], ©2009.

285 pages ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Rachilde, née Marguerite Eymery -- Doctors, hysteria, and degeneracy -- Magnetism and hypnotism -- Spirits and possessions -- Rachilde and the erotic literature of her time -- Writing from possession.