Patterns of Madness in the Eighteenth Century
Author | : Allan Ingram |
Publisher | : Liverpool University Press |
Total Pages | : 302 |
Release | : 1998-01-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 0853239924 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780853239925 |
Rating | : 4/5 (925 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Patterns of Madness in the Eighteenth Century by : Allan Ingram
Download or read book Patterns of Madness in the Eighteenth Century written by Allan Ingram and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Patterns of Madness in the Eighteenth Century draws together extracts from writing about madness between the late seventeenth and the early nineteenth centuries, a period that saw a general decline in religious explanations for insanity and a corresponding advance in the professionalization of psychiatry. The book includes extracts from the writings of Johnson, Boswell, Blake and Coleridge.