Madness in Literature / / 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 ho...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2020] ©1980 |
| Year of Publication: | 2020 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (352 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- 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