TY - JOUR
T1 - Charles Ives and "Our National Malady"
AU - Sherwood, Gayle
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - In his psychoanalytical biography of Ives, Charles Ives: "My Father's Song," Stuart Feder convincingly argued that Ives's health breakdowns in 1906 and 1918 were the result of emotional and psychological factors rather than a physical heart condition. But the Freudian approach and terminology employed by Feder were unknown in American in 1906 and had not been fully accepted even by 1918. Therefore, how would an American doctor in 1906 have diagnosed Ives's "condition" A careful examination of key events in Ives's life between 1902 and 1908, and a close reading of his correspondence indicate that he may have been recognized as neurasthenic. Ives's neurasthenia locates his identity by nationality, ethnicity, gender, economic and social class, education, profession, environment, and lifestyle. As a result, his artistic values and character traits emerge as remarkably typical of his country, culture, and time.
AB - In his psychoanalytical biography of Ives, Charles Ives: "My Father's Song," Stuart Feder convincingly argued that Ives's health breakdowns in 1906 and 1918 were the result of emotional and psychological factors rather than a physical heart condition. But the Freudian approach and terminology employed by Feder were unknown in American in 1906 and had not been fully accepted even by 1918. Therefore, how would an American doctor in 1906 have diagnosed Ives's "condition" A careful examination of key events in Ives's life between 1902 and 1908, and a close reading of his correspondence indicate that he may have been recognized as neurasthenic. Ives's neurasthenia locates his identity by nationality, ethnicity, gender, economic and social class, education, profession, environment, and lifestyle. As a result, his artistic values and character traits emerge as remarkably typical of his country, culture, and time.
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U2 - 10.1525/jams.2001.54.3.555
DO - 10.1525/jams.2001.54.3.555
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:62949151545
SN - 0003-0139
VL - 54
SP - 555
EP - 584
JO - Journal of the American Musicological Society
JF - Journal of the American Musicological Society
IS - 3
ER -