Medical Classic : Tender is the Night  

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Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: British Medical Journal (keterangan: ada di Proquest) vol. 335 no. 7631 (Dec. 2007), page 1215.

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Perpustakaan FK Nomor Panggil: B16.K.2007.01 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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Tender is the Night is one of the earliest works of fiction to feature a distinctly modern psychiatrist as a major character. The novel documents a pivotal point in the literary depiction of psychiatric medicine. It is predicated on knowledge of Freudian concepts and shows acute awareness of increasing medical specialisation, yet the character of Dick Diver echoes many of the traits that Victorian authors found alluring of doctors as literary characters. Dick and Nicole Diver are a wealthy, successful couple holidaying amid adoring acolytes. They saccharinely refer to themselves as the conjunction "Dicole," and seem for all the world to be the perfect couple. As the narrative unfolds, the opening scenes retroactively take on the appearance of a mirror ball—plenty of glister, but a hollow core belies the sparkling exterior. Dick Diver is a medical doctor, psychiatrist, and writer. When they meet, Nicole Warren is the mental patient of . . .

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