Cover Image

Theaters of madness : insane asylums and nineteenth-century American culture /

In the mid-1800s, a utopian movement to rehabilitate the insane resulted in a wave of publicly funded asylums - many of which became unexpected centers of cultural activity. Housed in magnificent structures with lush grounds, patients participated in theatrical programs, debating societies, literary...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Reiss, Benjamin
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008.
Subjects:
Psychiatric hospitals > United States > History > 19th century.
Psychiatric hospitals > Social aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
Hospitals in literature > History > 19th century.
Mentally ill, Writings of the, American > History and criticism.
Hospitals, Psychiatric > United States > history.
Medicine in Literature > United States.
Cultural Characteristics > United States.
History, 19th Century > United States.
Mentally Ill Persons > United States > history.
Psychiatrische Klinik.
USA.
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

Internet

Table of contents
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

Evans: Library Stacks

Holdings details from Evans: Library Stacks
Call Number: RC443 .R43 2008
 
Call Number Status Get It
RC443 .R43 2008 Checked out