Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Tender is the Night

  • Using book clubs in higher education

    William PensonUnited Kingdom In higher education, professors are encouraged to blend teaching with a range of approaches. One such approach might be found in the use of book clubs or, as they are sometimes called, literature circles. Book clubs are a relatively recent social phenomenon with a range of groups springing up in libraries, bookshops,…

  • F. Scott Fitzgerald and mental illness in Tender is the Night

    Jessica FrostBirmingham, United Kingdom In the 1930’s classic Tender is the Night,  F. Scott Fitzgerald portrays Nicole Diver as “a schizoid – a permanent eccentric.”1 However, whether the diagnosis is clinically accurate is a question that arises as the novel explores issues of mental illness and the doctor-patient relationship. The evolution of psychiatry and the…