Revels in madness: insanity in medicine and literature

"Revels in Madness offers a history of Western culture's shifting understandings of insanity as evidenced in its literature and as influenced by medical knowledge. The book traces the period from the development of Greek medicine, and of Greek tragedy and comedy, to contemporary representa...

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Main Author: Thiher, Allen 1941- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ann Arbor Univ. of Michigan Press 1999
Series:Corporealities
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Summary:"Revels in Madness offers a history of Western culture's shifting understandings of insanity as evidenced in its literature and as influenced by medical knowledge. The book traces the period from the development of Greek medicine, and of Greek tragedy and comedy, to contemporary representations of madness as shaped by modern psychiatry and psychoanalysis and as portrayed in literature. It surveys a remarkable range of writers, including Cervantes, Nerval, Rimbaud, Holderlin, Charcot, Freud, and Kraepelin." "This book will interest those intrigued by the relationship between culture, medicine, and literature, both in the history of medicine and literature and in literary depictions of cognitive disabilities. Students of comparative literature or the history of science, as well as doctors, therapists, and those interested in clinical psychology, will also benefit from reading this book."--BOOK JACKET.
Item Description:Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke
Physical Description:354 S.
ISBN:9780472089994
0472110357

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