Remov'd from human eyes : madness and poetry 1676-1774 / Ilaria Natali

The years 1676 and 1774 marked two turning points in the social and legal treatment of madness in England. In 1676, London’s Bethlehem Hospital expanded in grand new premises, and in 1774 the Madhouses Act attempted to limit confinement of the insane. This study explores almost a century of the Engl...

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Superior document:Biblioteca di Studi di Filologia Moderna ; 30
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Place / Publishing House:Firenze : Firenze University Press, 2016
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:Biblioteca di Studi di Filologia Moderna ; 30.
Physical Description:1 online resource (272 pages) :
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