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Madness in Seventeenth-Century Autobiography

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  • © 2007

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  1. Katharine Hodgkin
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Part of the book series: Early Modern History: Society and Culture (EMH)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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  2. Introduction: Studying the History of Madness

    • Katharine Hodgkin
    Pages 1-18

  3. Crises of the Self: Madness and Autobiographical Writing

    • Katharine Hodgkin
    Pages 19-39

  4. Without Sense and Understanding: Concepts of Madness in Early Modern Thought

    • Katharine Hodgkin
    Pages 40-59

  5. Melancholy: A Land of Darkness

    • Katharine Hodgkin
    Pages 60-85

  6. Mad Unto the World: Spiritual and Mental Disturbances

    • Katharine Hodgkin
    Pages 86-101

  7. The Thread Out of the Labyrinth: The Experience of Cure

    • Katharine Hodgkin
    Pages 102-117

  8. Inside and Outside: The Body and its Boundaries

    • Katharine Hodgkin
    Pages 118-134

  9. Beyond the Human Body: Life, Death and the Devil

    • Katharine Hodgkin
    Pages 135-158

  10. Family Histories: The Self and Others

    • Katharine Hodgkin
    Pages 159-176

  11. Love and Desire: Disordered Passions

    • Katharine Hodgkin
    Pages 177-191

  12. Conclusion: Writing out of the Labyrinth

    • Katharine Hodgkin
    Pages 192-197

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 198-266
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What did it mean to be mad in seventeenth-century England? This book uses vivid autobiographical accounts of mental disorder to explore the ways madness was identified and experienced from the inside, asking how certain people came to be defined as insane, and what we can learn from the accounts they wrote.

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'...a welcome, thought-provoking contribution to our understanding of the cultural history of madness...' - Elena Carrera Reviews in History

About the author

KATHARINE HODGKIN teaches in the School of Social Sciences, Media and Cultural Studies at the University of East London, UK. She has published articles on various aspects of early modern cultural history, including gender, autobiography, madness, witchcraft and dreams, and co-edited with Susannah Radstone two volumes of essays on memory. She is currently preparing an edition of the writings of Dionys Fitzherbert.

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