The Madhouse of Language

Writing and Reading Madness in the Eighteenth Century

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism
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Author: Allan Ingram ISBN: 9781134968978
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: January 11, 2013
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Allan Ingram
ISBN: 9781134968978
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: January 11, 2013
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

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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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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