Diagnosing literature
Was Bartleby the Scrivener depressed? Did Clarissa Dalloway need lithium? Today’s English lit students seem to want to medicate away the problems of classic literary characters. Studio 360’s Eric Molinsky explores this phenomenon with help from NYU professor Elayne Tobin and novelist Michael Cunningham.
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