Crypto-Judaism, Madness, and the Female Quixote

Crypto-Judaism, Madness, and the Female Quixote Charlotte Lennox as Marrana in Mid-Eighteenth Century England - Studies in British Literature

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Preface; Introduction; 1. Two Backgrounds and a Hazy Foreground; 2. A Disconcerting Overview; 3. Aesthetics, Ethics and Arabella's Mental Illness; 4. The Double Assault on Arabella's Integrity: Delusion and Reason; 5. Madness or Marranism: Masking, Secrecy and Illusion; 6. Changing Depictions of Mental Illness: 17th and 18th Century; 7.

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ISBN: 9780773464995
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Imprint: Edwin Mellen Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 823.6
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 372
Weight: 748g
Height: 235mm
Width: 158mm
Spine width: 25mm