Cultural Constructions of Madness in Eighteenth-Century Writing: Representing the Insane

by Michelle Faubert and Allan Ingram

Book Overview

Cultural Constructions of Madness in the Eighteenth Century deals with the (mis)representation of insanity through a substantial range of literary forms and figures from across the eighteenth century and beyond. Chapters cover the representation, distortion, sentimentalization and elevation of insanity, and such associated issues as gender, personal identity, and performance, in some of the best, as well as some of the least, known writers of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349523321
• ISBN13: 9781349523320
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 245 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"