The Madhouse of Language: Writing and Reading Madness in the Eighteenth Century

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1992
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This monograph examines the history of writing about madness as seen in terms of a suppression of mad language by an increasingly confident medical profession, in which orthodox attitudes towards language were endorsed by rigorous treatment of the insane.

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This monograph examines the history of writing about madness as seen in terms of a suppression of mad language by an increasingly confident medical profession, in which orthodox attitudes towards language were endorsed by rigorous treatment of the insane.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 212
Edition: 1
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 20 Feb 1992
ISBN 10: 0415031907
ISBN 13: 9780415031905

The Madhouse of Language: Writing and Reading Madness in the Eighteenth Century

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$141.76

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$141.76

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