"Documents in Madness": Reading Madness and Gender in Shakespeare's Tragedies and Early Modern Culture

An examination of the cultural perceptions of madness in England, as represented in Shakespeare's tragedies, is given. The final difficulty of reading madness is that in doing so, one either dissociates from it or associates with it, thus becoming disqualified as an interpreter.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Shakespeare quarterly 1991-10, Vol.42 (3), p.315-338
1. Verfasser:	Neely, Carol Thomas
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	16th century Anonymous writers. Authors British & Irish literature Culture Depressive disorders Early Modern English English literature English speaking literatures French speaking and English speaking literatures Great Britain. Ireland History and sciences of litterature History of literature Men Mental disorders Mental illness Sadness Shakespeare plays Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) Suicide Supernaturalism Theater Treatises Witchcraft Witches
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Zusammenfassung:	An examination of the cultural perceptions of madness in England, as represented in Shakespeare's tragedies, is given. The final difficulty of reading madness is that in doing so, one either dissociates from it or associates with it, thus becoming disqualified as an interpreter.
ISSN:	0037-3222 1538-3555
DOI:	10.2307/2870846