writing and reading madness in the eighteenth century /
First Statement of Responsibility
Allan Ingram.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Routledge,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1991.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (206 pages)
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references (187-197) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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1. Introduction : to build a house for fools and mad -- 2. The history of silence -- 3. Cracks in the walls -- 4. Borrowed robes -- 5. The struggle for language -- 6. The inner voice -- 7. Rhyme and reason.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Allan Ingram takes a unique look at the relations between madness and language from the late seventeenth to the early nineteenth century, closely analysing both medical records and texts by mad writers.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Madhouse of language.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
English language-- 18th century-- Style.
English literature-- 18th century-- History and criticism.
Literature and mental illness-- History-- 18th century.
Mental illness in literature.
Mentally ill-- Great Britain-- Language-- History-- 18th century.