Shakspeare's Delineations Of Insanity, Imbecility, And Suicide
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A fascinating intersection of Victorian medicine and literary criticism, Shakspeare's Delineations of Insanity, Imbecility, and Suicide presents a clinical yet compelling examination of mental illness as portrayed through the works of William Shakespeare. Written by A. G. Kellogg, M.D., an Assistant Physician at the State Lunatic Asylum in Utica, New York, the work argues that Shakespeare's dramatic portrayals of disturbed minds are remarkably accurate from a medical standpoint. Kellogg methodically analyses characters such as Hamlet, Ophelia, and King Lear, illustrating how their behaviours align with 19th-century psychiatric understanding. The result is a unique scholarly document that straddles the boundary between medicine and the humanities, offering rare insight into both the history of psychiatry and the enduring psychological depth of Shakespeare's canon.
Author: A. G. Kellogg
Format: Hardback
Published: 1866, Hurd and Houghton
Genre: Literary theory
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A fascinating intersection of Victorian medicine and literary criticism, Shakspeare's Delineations of Insanity, Imbecility, and Suicide presents a clinical yet compelling examination of mental illness as portrayed through the works of William Shakespeare. Written by A. G. Kellogg, M.D., an Assistant Physician at the State Lunatic Asylum in Utica, New York, the work argues that Shakespeare's dramatic portrayals of disturbed minds are remarkably accurate from a medical standpoint. Kellogg methodically analyses characters such as Hamlet, Ophelia, and King Lear, illustrating how their behaviours align with 19th-century psychiatric understanding. The result is a unique scholarly document that straddles the boundary between medicine and the humanities, offering rare insight into both the history of psychiatry and the enduring psychological depth of Shakespeare's canon.