Women, Madness and Sin in Early Modern England
The Autobiographical Writings of Dionys Fitzherbert
A fascinating case study of the complex psychic relationship between religion and madness in early seventeenth-century England, the narrative presented here is a rare, detailed autobiographical account of one woman's experience of mental disorder. The writer, Dionys Fitzherbert, recounts the course of her affliction and recovery and describes various delusions and confusions, concerned with (among other things) her family and her place within it; her relation to religion; and the status of the body, death and immortality. Women, Madness and Sin in Early Modern England presents in modern typography an annotated edition of the author's manusc…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-351-87158-7
- EAN: 9781351871587
- Produktnummer: 25436136
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
- Seitenangabe: 300 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 6'834 KB
Über den Autor
Katharine Hodgkin, Reader in Cultural History, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of East London, UK
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