The Madhouse of Language : Writing and Reading Madness in the Eighteenth Century

by Allan Ingram

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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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