Madness in Ancient Literature
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: August 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780766179110
Subjects: Literature: History & Criticism; Literature: Classics; Literary Criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Hellenic languages; Ancient and Classical
First sentence: The chief interest of this dissertation will lie in the study of the elevated representations of madness in literature of the grand manner; the popular, medical, comic, and, to a still lesser extent, the social and legal aspects of the subject will be considered only as a contrast and background to the literary.