French Literature Reviews - 2026

B. Marquer, Les romans de la Salpêtrière. Jean-Martin Charcot dans l'imaginaire fin-de-siècle
Novel and Narrative Prose

Review in Acta Fabula: “Fin-de-Siècle Clinical Scenography” by

Catherine Dousteyssier-Khoze.

Bertrand Marquer, Les "Romans" de la Salpêtrière. Réception d'une scénographie clinique : Jean-Martin Charcot dans l'imaginaire fin-de-siècle

Geneva, Droz, 2008, 424 p.
EAN : 9782600011532
47.06 €

The intersection of medicine and literature during the late nineteenth century remains a significant area of study within cultural history and French studies. Writers of the period frequently engaged with contemporary scientific discourses, incorporating clinical figures, psychiatric settings, and medical theories into their narrative works. This cultural dynamic reflects a broader European fascination with the boundaries between science, pathology, and artistic representation at the close of the nineteenth century.

Readers interested in the cultural reception of nineteenth-century psychiatry and the connections between medical iconography and literature may find this publication relevant. The study examines how the clinical presentations associated with the Paris hospital entered the wider cultural consciousness and influenced the literary imagination of the era.