Bedlam
London and Its Mad
(Sprache: Englisch)
An informative and entertaining study of London's lunatic fringe, and how we have dealt with the mad among us from pre-history to the present day.
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An informative and entertaining study of London's lunatic fringe, and how we have dealt with the mad among us from pre-history to the present day.
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'Bedlam!' The very name conjures up graphic images of naked patients chained among filthy straw, or parading untended wards deluded that they are Napoleon or Jesus Christ. We owe this image of madness to William Hogarth, who, in plate eight of his 1735 Rake's Progress series, depicts the anti-hero in Bedlam, the latest addition to a freak show providing entertainment for Londoners between trips to the Tower Zoo, puppet shows and public executions.That this is still the most powerful image of Bedlam, over two centuries later, says much about our attitude to mental illness, although the Bedlam of the popular imagination is long gone. The hospital was relocated to the suburbs of Kent in 1930, and Sydney Smirke's impressive Victorian building in Southwark took on a new role as the Imperial War Museum.
Following the historical narrative structure of her acclaimed Necropolis, BEDLAM examines the capital's treatment of the insane over the centuries, from the founding of Bethlehem Hospital in 1247 through the heyday of the great Victorian asylums to the more enlightened attitudes that prevail today.
Autoren-Porträt von Catharine Arnold
Catharine Arnold read English at Cambridge and holds a further degree in psychology. A journalist, academic and popular historian, her previous books include the novel Lost Time, winner of a Betty Trask award, and the acclaimed Necropolis: London and Its Dead, Bedlam and City ofSin, the first three volumes of her 'London' series. She lives in Nottingham.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Catharine Arnold
- 2009, 320 Seiten, Maße: 12,7 x 19,6 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Pocket Books
- ISBN-10: 1847390005
- ISBN-13: 9781847390004
Sprache:
Englisch
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