Nightmares and hobbyhorses : Swift, Sterne, and Augustan ideas of madness / by Michael V. DePorte.
- DePorte, Michael V.
- Date:
- 1974
- Books
About this work
Description
For students of the psychology and medicine of the Augustan age as well as to those interested in ist literature.
Publication/Creation
San Marino : Huntington Library, 1974.
Physical description
xi, 164 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contributors
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-160).
Languages
Subjects
- Psychology
- Mental illnessGreat BritainPublic opinionHistory18th century
- Literature and mental illnessGreat BritainHistory18th century
- Psychological fiction, EnglishHistory and criticism
- English literature18th centuryHistory and criticism
- English literatureRoman influences
- Mental illness in literature
- Mentally ill in literature
- ClassicismGreat Britain.
- Attitude to Health
- Medicine in Literature
- Mental Disorders
- England
- Augustus, Emperor of Rome, 63 B.C.-14 A.D.Influence.
- Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745Knowledge and learning.
- Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768Knowledge and learning.
- Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768.
- Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745.
Where to find it
Location Status History of MedicinePA.AIOpen shelves
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Identifiers
ISBN
- 087328061X
- 9780873280617