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Scenes of madness : a psychiatrist at the theatre / Derek Russell Davis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Davis, Derek Russell.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mental illness--Case studies.
- Mental illness.
- Mental illness in literature--Case studies.
- Mental illness in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (219 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Tavistock/Routledge, 1992.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Unlike the `textbook' description of mental illness, discusses an earlier tradition that led psychiatrists to turn to Shakespeare's plays for such models as Ophelia and Lear, to help them understand the madness observed in their patients.
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; INTRODUCTION; LESSONS AT THE THEATRE; MODELS OF MADNESS; THE STORIES PLAYS TELL; REALITY AND ILLUSION; FAMILY FEUDS; BREAKING FREE FROM THE PAST; RECOVERIES; CONCLUSIONS; Notes and sources; Name index; Subject index;
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-78901-7
- 1-280-31930-5
- 9786610319305
- 0-203-43531-1
- 9780203435311
- OCLC:
- 259495554
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