The Madhouse of Language : Writing and Reading Madness in the Eighteenth Century
by
Allan Ingram
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0415755182
ISBN-13
9780415755184
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 24th, 2014
Print length
212 Pages
Weight
272 grams
Product Classification:
Literary studies: general
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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.
Language has always been used as a measure of social, ideological, and psychological contexts for the exploration of madness. The Madhouse of Language considers the relations between madness and language from the late seventeenth to early nineteenth centuries, focusing on the close analysis of both medical records and texts by mad writers. It presents a highly original account of the linguistic relations between madness and sanity, of the appropriation by sane writers of the forms of English, and of attempts by mad patients to gain access to the expressive potential of language.
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