Emotions and the making of psychiatric reform in Britain, c. 1770-1820 / Mark Neuendorf.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Neuendorf, Mark.

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central.

Series:

Palgrave studies in the history of emotions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emotions--History--18th century.

Emotions.

Emotions--History--19th century.

Mentally ill--Institutional care--Great Britain--History--18th century.

Mentally ill.

Mentally ill--Institutional care--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Psychiatric hospitals--Great Britain--History--18th century.

Psychiatric hospitals.

Psychiatric hospitals--Great Britain--History--19th century.

History.

Mentally ill--Institutional care.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2021.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

1. Introduction

Part 1: Insanity and the Sentimental Emotional Regime, c. 17701800

2. A Sight for Pity to Peruse: The Spectacle of Madness in the Culture of Sensibility

3. Inviolable Beauty: The Madwoman in the Sentimental Age

Part 2: Lunacy Reform and the Romantic Emotional Regime, c. 17901820

4. A Forcible Appeal to Humanity: Sympathising with the Insane in the Romantic Age

5. Spectacles Too Shocking for Description: Sensationalism and the Politics of Lunacy Reform in Early-Nineteenth-Century Britain

6. Noble Feelings and Manly Spirit: Indignation, Public Spirit and the Makings of an Asylum Revolution

7. Conclusion: An Active Spirit of Humanity? Emotions and the History of Asylum Reform.

Notes:

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version:

Print version: Neuendorf, Mark, author. Emotions and the making of psychiatric reform in Britain, c. 1770-1820

ISBN:

9783030843564

3030843564

Publisher Number:

99989808838

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Restricted for use by site license.