Renegade judgement : a study of madness in medicine and literature
thesis
posted on 2003-01-01, 00:00authored byAntonina Yvette. Lewis
Explores socio-historical understandings and treatments of madness, examining literary works alongside contemporary medical texts. Incorporating notions of scientific objectivity, individual subjectivity and social totality, the thesis shows conceptual overlaps between art and science, identifying continuities and conflicts between fictional, clinical and cultural investigations into madness.