2. Monomania Sarah Atwood Kearsten Collins

3. About monomania Type of interpretation of literature that has only one idea or types of ideas Emotional monomania- Writing based on one emotion or several emotions that are all similar Intellectual monomania- Writing that is related to only one kind of delirious idea or ideas

4. Characteristics Often attached to subcultures that appear esoteric Differences between monomania and passion can be very subtle and difficult to recognize

5. Timeline 1880- 1 of 7 recognized categories of mental illness 1850s- Faded as diagnostic category in psychiatry Does not appear in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders today Number of disorders once classified under monomania are now types of impulse control, conduct, or delusional disorders

6. Types of Monomania 1.De Clerambault's Syndrome: Patient is in the state of mind that a particular male or female loves him/her 2.Idee Fixe: One idea is completely overvalued and takes over a patient's life 3. Kleptomania: Irresistible urge to steal any and all items seen by this patient 4.Paranoia: Patient is constantly fearing persecution 5.Pyromania: Impulse to start fires constantly

7. Monomania Applied to Wuthering Heights Heathcliff is described as a monomaniac Graeme Tytler interlocks Monomania with Wuthering Heights Heathcliff obsesses over -Getting revenge on Hindley -Reuniting with Cathy in the afterlife

8. Other Examples of Monomania in Literature Crime and Punishment Moby-Dick Edgar Allan Poe's writing -Bernice -The Black Cat -The Fall of the House of Usher - The Masque of the Red Death -The Oval Portrait -The Tell- Tale Heart

9. Citations Monomania. N.p., 7 Oct. 2010. Web. 22 Nov. 2011. http://www.tititudorancea.org/z/monomania.htm.http://www.tititudorancea.org/z/monomania.htm "Monomania." Wikipedia. N.p., 14 Nov. 2011. Web. 22 Nov. 2011. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monomania.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monomania "Psychological Interpretations of Wuthering Heights." Emily Bronte. N.p., 13 Oct. 2011. Web. 22 Nov. 2011..