Madness in Literature /
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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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
1980.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover Page
- Half-title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- 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
- 1. The Return of the Dionysiac
- 2. The Aesthetics of Madness
- VI. Conclusion
- Notes
- Index
