Mad Mary Lamb : lunacy and murder in literary London /
Hitchcock, Susan Tyler.
New York ; London : W.W. Norton,
c2005.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-312) and index.
The dreadful scene imagined -- The only daughter -- Their verdict: lunacy -- In the madhouse -- Reading, writing, and mantua making -- Charles alone -- Double singleness -- The circle forms -- Children's books -- Tales from Shakespeare -- Schoolgirl tales -- Poetry for children -- The politics of needlework -- Elia appears -- Her twilight of consciousness.
Lamb, Mary, 1764-1847.
Lamb, Charles, 1775-1834
Literature and mental illness
Psychiatric hospital patients
Women and literature
Authorship
Mentally ill women
Authors, English
Murderers