Scenes of Madness : A Psychiatrist at the Theatre
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0415131731
ISBN-13
9780415131735
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 23rd, 1995
Print length
218 Pages
Weight
400 grams
Product Classification:
Theatre studiesPsychological theory & schools of thought
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Unlike the `textbook' description of mental illness, discusses an earlier tradition that led psychiatrists to turn to Shakespeare's plays for such models as Ophelia and Lear, to help them understand the madness observed in their patients.
Derek Russell Davis argues that mental health professionals working in a hospital or clinic setting can learn much from playwrights about the psychological processes in mental illness. Looking at such diverse characters as Orestes, Hamlet, Lear, Ophelia, Peer Gynt, Oswald Alving and Blanche Dubois, Dr Davis shows how madness in plays is put into the context of the crucial experiences in an individual''s history and current relationships, and demonstrates that these stories can be a new and exciting source of insight into mental illness.
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