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* [[Lois McMaster Bujold]] - ''[[The Curse of Chalion]]'' and ''[[Paladin of Souls]]'' | * [[Lois McMaster Bujold]] - ''[[The Curse of Chalion]]'' and ''[[Paladin of Souls]]'' | ||
* [[Charlotte Perkins Gilman]] - "[[The Yellow Wallpaper]]" | * [[Charlotte Perkins Gilman]] - "[[The Yellow Wallpaper]]" | ||
* [[Justine Larbalestier]] - "Magic or Madness Trilogy" | * [[Gwyneth Jones]] - ''[[Life]]'' - A major character has a mental / nervous breakdown for some weeks. | ||
* [[Justine Larbalestier]] - "Magic or Madness Trilogy" - A major character has a mental breakdown; madness hangs over many characters. | |||
* [[Norma Marden]] - [[An Eye for Dark Places]] (1993) | * [[Norma Marden]] - [[An Eye for Dark Places]] (1993) | ||
* [[Marge Piercy]] - ''[[Woman on the Edge of Time]]'' | * [[Marge Piercy]] - ''[[Woman on the Edge of Time]]'' (in "utopian" future society it is discussed that one character had a breakdown; mental breakdowns are not treated negatively. This is in contrast with treatment of protagonist in modern-day US society, where diagnosis is affected by racism and sexism, and treatment is inhumane and stigmatizing.) | ||
* [[Raccoona Sheldon]] - "[[Your Faces, O My Sisters! Your Faces Filled of Light!]]" | * [[Raccoona Sheldon]] - "[[Your Faces, O My Sisters! Your Faces Filled of Light!]]" | ||
* [[Sarah Waters]] - ''[[Affinity]]'' | * [[Sarah Waters]] - ''[[Affinity]]'' | ||
Revision as of 14:15, 17 July 2006
- Lois McMaster Bujold - The Curse of Chalion and Paladin of Souls
- Charlotte Perkins Gilman - "The Yellow Wallpaper"
- Gwyneth Jones - Life - A major character has a mental / nervous breakdown for some weeks.
- Justine Larbalestier - "Magic or Madness Trilogy" - A major character has a mental breakdown; madness hangs over many characters.
- Norma Marden - An Eye for Dark Places (1993)
- Marge Piercy - Woman on the Edge of Time (in "utopian" future society it is discussed that one character had a breakdown; mental breakdowns are not treated negatively. This is in contrast with treatment of protagonist in modern-day US society, where diagnosis is affected by racism and sexism, and treatment is inhumane and stigmatizing.)
- Raccoona Sheldon - "Your Faces, O My Sisters! Your Faces Filled of Light!"
- Sarah Waters - Affinity
suggestions & possibilities
- "A Very Little Madness Goes a Long Way" by M. Rickert