The Madhouse of Language
Writing and Reading Madness in the Eighteenth Century
Published on 11. January 2013
212 pages
978-1-134-96897-8 (ISBN)
Description
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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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Reflowable
File size
2,03 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-134-96897-8 (9781134968978)
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04/2014
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02/1992
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Person
Allan Ingram
Content
Chapter 1 Introduction: to Build a House for Fools and Mad; Chapter 2 The History of Silence; Chapter 3 Cracks in the Walls; Chapter 4 Borrowed Robes; Chapter 5 The Struggle for Language; Chapter 6 The Inner Voice; Chapter 7 Rhyme and Reason;
