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madness and gender in Shakespeare and early modern culture

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An edition of Distracted subjects (2004)

Distracted subjects

madness and gender in Shakespeare and early modern culture

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'Distracted Subjects' offers a feminist analysis of early modern madness. Carol Neely reveals the mobility & heterogeneity of discourses of 'distraction', the most common term for the condition in late 16th & early 17th century England.

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Publisher
Cornell University Press
Language
English
Pages
244

Previews available in: English

Subjects

Mentally ill Knowledge Psychoanalysis and literature Sex role in literature Literature and mental illness Mentally ill in literature Mental illness Psychology Characters Mental illness in literature History Shakespeare, william, 1564-1616, characters Mental illness, great britain Knowledge and learning Medicine in Literature History, 17th Century History, 16th Century Gender Identity Drama Attitude to Health Mental Disorders

People

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Places

England

Times

16th century 17th century
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Cover of: Distracted subjects
Distracted subjects: madness and gender in Shakespeare and early modern culture
2004, Cornell University Press
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-235) and index.

Published in
Ithaca

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
822.3/3
Library of Congress
PR2992.M3 N44 2004, PR2992.M3N44 2004

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiii, 244 p. :
Number of pages
244

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL3680757M
ISBN 10
0801442052, 0801489245
LCCN
2003024991
OCLC/WorldCat
53469609
LibraryThing
1058889
Goodreads
4941482
1565633

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Work ID
OL3931525W

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