The Madhouse of Language

by Allan Ingram

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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.

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0415031907

ISBN13:9780415031905

Release Date:February 1992

Publisher:Routledge

Length:212 Pages

Weight:0.89 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.5" x 8.6"

Related Subjects

Criticism & Theory English Literature History & Criticism Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature Literature & Fiction Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Movements & Periods Reference

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