Cultural Constructions of Madness in Eighteenth-Century Writing

Allan Ingram is Professor of English at the University of Northumbria, UK. He has published widely on eighteenth-century topics and has spoken, mainly on insanity, in various European countries and in North America. Michelle Faubert holds a doctorate on Romantic Madness from the University of Toronto, Canada. She has published on Byron, on Hopkins and on Hardy.

'This is a splendid book. It explores the representations of sanity and insanity through the eighteenth century with meticulous attention to historical specificities, and with a keen eye for philosophical and conceptual issues that arise whenever we raise the question of how we adjudicate matters related to insanity...Throughout, the work is intellectually extremely distinguisted, provocative, and stimulating.' - Thomas Docherty, Modern Language Review 'By virtue of its collection of historical detail and close readings of individual texts and prints, this work will reward anyone interested in the topic.' - Frank Boyle, The Scriblerian

• List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Speaking It Like a Horse: Gulliver's Travels and the Contexts of Insanity Reconstructing the Classical Model: Pope's Homer and its Influence 'Th' unbalanc'd Mind': Poetry, Satire and the Assimilation of Madness 'The Madness of a Multitude': Insanity, People and Prose Acting the Part of a Madman: Insanity and the Stage A Gendered Affliction: Women, Writing, Madness; M.Faubert 'The Image of our Mind': Seeing and Being Seen Madness Itself: The Real Story Bibliography Index