The Madhouse of Language : Writing and Reading Madness in the Eighteenth Century Hardback
by Allan Ingram
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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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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:212 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:20/02/1992
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- ISBN:9780415031905
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Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:212 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:20/02/1992
- Category:
- ISBN:9780415031905