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Author:   Mark Neuendorf
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2021
Weight:   0.562kg
ISBN:  

9783030843557

ISBN 10:   3030843556
Pages:   297
Publication Date:   20 November 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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1. IntroductionPart 1: Insanity and the Sentimental Emotional Regime, c. 1770–1800 2. ‘A Sight for Pity to Peruse’: The Spectacle of Madness in the Culture of Sensibility3. Inviolable Beauty: The Madwoman in the Sentimental Age Part 2: Lunacy Reform and the ‘Romantic’ Emotional Regime, c. 1790–1820 4. A ‘Forcible Appeal to Humanity’: Sympathising with the Insane in the Romantic Age5. Spectacles ‘Too Shocking for Description’: Sensationalism and the Politics of Lunacy Reform in Early-Nineteenth-Century Britain6. ‘Noble Feelings and Manly Spirit’: Indignation, Public Spirit and the Makings of an Asylum Revolution7. Conclusion: An ‘Active Spirit of Humanity’? Emotions and the History of Asylum Reform

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Mark Neuendorf is Visiting Research Fellow in the Department of History at the University of Adelaide, Australia. His research examines the emotions and print cultures of British psychiatry, with a particular focus on the emergence of organised psychiatric reform.

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