Heroin Chic Resurgence: The Unintentional Romanticization of Female Mental Illness as Depicted in Girl, Interrupted, Prozac Nation and An Unquiet Mind
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A research article involving the literary analysis of novels Girl, Interrupted, Prozac Nation and An Unquiet Mind to better understand the unintentional romanticization of female mental illness within the text. Using this information, I connect the three novels to the resurgence in the romanticization of mental illness within current trends and social media.
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