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Madness in Seventeenth-Century Autobiography
Katharine Hodgkin
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Description for Madness in Seventeenth-Century Autobiography
paperback. What did it mean to be mad in seventeenth-century England? This book uses vivid autobiographical accounts of mental disorder to explore the ways madness was identified and experienced from the inside, asking how certain people came to be defined as insane, and what we can learn from the accounts they wrote. Series: Early Modern History: Society and Culture. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DS; HBAH; HBJD; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
What did it mean to be mad in seventeenth-century England? This book uses vivid autobiographical accounts of mental disorder to explore the ways madness was identified and experienced from the inside, asking how certain people came to be defined as insane, and what we can learn from the accounts they wrote.
What did it mean to be mad in seventeenth-century England? This book uses vivid autobiographical accounts of mental disorder to explore the ways madness was identified and experienced from the inside, asking how certain people came to be defined as insane, and what we can learn from the accounts they wrote.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Series
Early Modern History: Society and Culture
Number of Pages
266
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349513543
SKU
V9781349513543
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99-15
About Katharine Hodgkin
KATHARINE HODGKIN teaches in the School of Social Sciences, Media and Cultural Studies at the University of East London, UK. She has published articles on various aspects of early modern cultural history, including gender, autobiography, madness, witchcraft and dreams, and co-edited with Susannah Radstone two volumes of essays on memory. She is currently preparing an edition of the writings of ... Read more
Reviews for Madness in Seventeenth-Century Autobiography
'...a welcome, thought-provoking contribution to our understanding of the cultural history of madness...' - Elena Carrera Reviews in History