Revels in Madness Insanity in Medicine and Literature
| Author/creator | Thiher, Allen Author |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press |
| Description | 368 p. 09.250 x 06.130 in. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Corporealities: Discourses of Disability Ser. |
| Summary | Annotation "The scope of this book is daunting, ranging from madness in the ancient Greco-Roman world, to Christianized concepts of medieval folly, through the writings of early modern authors such as Shakespeare, Cervantes, and Descartes, and on to German Romantic philosophy, fin de siecle French poetry, and Freud . . . Artaud, Duras, and Plath."-Isis"This provocative and closely argued work will reward many readers."-ChoiceIn Revels in Madness, Allen Thiher surveys a remarkable range of writers as he shows how conceptions of madness in literature have reflected the cultural assumptions of their era, and emphasizes the transition from classical to modern theories of madness-a transition that began at the end of the Enlightenment and culminates in recent women's writing that challenges the postmodern understanding of madness as a fall from language or as a dysfunction of culture. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 99006460 |
| ISBN | 9780472089994 |
| ISBN | 0472089994 (Trade Paper) Active Record |
| Standard identifier# | 9780472089994 |
| Stock number | 00027280 |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |