Theaters of madness : insane asylums and nineteenth-century American culture / Benjamin Reiss.
| Author/creator | Reiss, Benjamin |
| Other author | ProQuest (Firm) |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008. |
| Description | xi, 237 pages : illustrations |
| Supplemental Content | Click to View |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction: sanative culture -- Brothers and sisters of asylumia: literary life in the New York State Lunatic Asylum -- Saneface minstrelsy: blacking up in the asylum -- Bardolatry in Bedlam: Shakespeare and early psychiatry -- Emerson's close encounters with madness -- What's the point of a revolution?: Edgar Allan Poe and the origins of the asylum -- Out of the attic: gender, captivity, and asylum exposés. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-229) and index. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2007043179 |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |