The Madhouse of Language - Writing and Reading Madness in the Eighteenth Century (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	April 2014
First published:	1991
Authors:	Allan Ingram
Dimensions:	216 x 138mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	212
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-75518-4
Categories:	Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Psychiatry Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General
LSN:	0-415-75518-2
Barcode:	9780415755184

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