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Madness in Literature

Madness in Literature

Paperback

Literary Criticism

ISBN10: 0691014019
ISBN13: 9780691014012
Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr
Published: Mar 21 1983
Pages: 352
Weight: 0.99
Height: 0.87 Width: 5.62 Depth: 7.76
Language: English

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.

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