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oapen-20.500.12657-553452022-06-01T03:26:48Z «Remov'd from human eyes»: Madness and Poetry 1676-1774 Natali, Ilaria bic Book Industry Communication::C Language::CF linguistics bic Book Industry Communication::C Language::CF linguistics::CFF Historical & comparative linguistics bic Book Industry Communication::C Language::CF linguistics::CFP Translation & interpretation bic Book Industry Communication::D Literature & literary studies bic Book Industry Communication::D Literature & literary studies::DS Literature: history & criticism 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 English history of madness through the texts of five poets who were considered mentally troubled according to contemporary standards: James Carkesse, Anne Finch, William Collins, Christopher Smart and William Cowper were hospitalized, sequestered or exiled from society. Their works cope with representations of insanity, medical definitions or practices, imputed illness, and the judging eye of the ‘sane other’, shedding new light on the dis/continuities in the notion of madness of this period. 2022-05-31T10:27:13Z 2022-05-31T10:27:13Z 2016 book ONIX_20220531_9788864533193_629 2420-8361 9788864533193 9788892732414 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/55345 eng Biblioteca di Studi di Filologia Moderna application/pdf n/a 9788864533193.pdf https://books.fupress.com/isbn/9788864533193 Firenze University Press 10.36253/978-88-6453-319-3 10.36253/978-88-6453-319-3 bf65d21a-78e5-4ba2-983a-dbfa90962870 9788864533193 9788892732414 30 272 Florence open access
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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 English history of madness through the texts of five poets who were considered mentally troubled according to contemporary standards: James Carkesse, Anne Finch, William Collins, Christopher Smart and William Cowper were hospitalized, sequestered or exiled from society. Their works cope with representations of insanity, medical definitions or practices, imputed illness, and the judging eye of the ‘sane other’, shedding new light on the dis/continuities in the notion of madness of this period.
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