Mrs Dalloway

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Diagnosing literature

Arts, Culture & Media

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

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