Madness in Literature / / Lillian Feder.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
• VerfasserIn: Feder, Lillian,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2020]; ©1980
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (352 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Acknowledgments --; Preface --; Contents --; MADNESS IN LITERATURE --; I. Varieties of Madness: Approach and Method --; II. Dionysiac Frenzy and Other Ancient Prototypes of Madness --; III. Reason in Madness --; IV. The Spleen, the Vapors, and the God Within --; V. Madness as a Goal --; VI. Conclusion --; Notes --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780691219738; 9783110442496; 9783110784237
• DOI: 10.1515/9780691219738?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Lillian Feder.

To probe the literary representation of the alienated mind, Lillian Feder examines mad protagonists of literature and the work of writers for whom madness is a vehicle of self-revelation. Ranging from ancient Greek myth and tragedy to contemporary poetry, fiction, and drama, Professor Feder shows how literary interpretations of madness, as well as madness itself, reflect the very cultural assumptions, values, and prohibitions they challenge.