Re: Request for assistance
Charles Dickens (cdickens@RMPLC.CO.UK)
Wed, 13 May 1998 11:57:40 -0100
My dear Miss Eismann,
What you suggest is persuasive up to a point, though I would have thought
Sydney Carton's mood swings scarcely abnormal, albeit unusual.
Faithfully yours,
Charles Dickens
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>Dear Mr. Dickens,
>
>I have long thought that your descriptions of the character of Sidney
>Carton matche what
>is today labelled "bipolar" syndrome, or manic depression. Here is the
>line that strikes me as especially presicent:
>
> "the old seesaw Sydney. Up one minute and down the next; now in spirits
>and now in despondency!"
>
>With thanks for the work,
>
>Marianne Eismann
>
>> > Dear Mr. Dickens and
>Gentle Readers,
>> I have just received my Master's degree in psychological
counseling, and am planning a doctoral program. One of my future projects
in assessment is to look at several of Mr. Dickens' fascinating characters
and diagnose them according to the Diagn
>
>ostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV).
>> I am considering Bill Sykes and Nancy from Oliver Twist, and Miss
Havisham from Great Expectations. I will be re-reading Mr. Dickens' stories
over the summer, and would appreciate any suggestions about particular
characters, or books which seem pa
>
>rticularly fruitful in psychopathology.
>> Are there any psychologists or counselors out there among the rest
of you?
>> With best regards,
>> Annette
>>
>
>
>--
>Marianne Eismann
>Undergraduate Studies, UMCP
>meismann@deans.umd.edu
>
>
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Charles Dickens
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