Cultural constructions of madness in eighteenth century writing : representing the insane / Allan Ingram with Michelle Faubert.

'The most dreadful visitation' : male madness in Victorian fiction / Valerie Pedlar.

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Cultural constructions of madness in eighteenth century writing : representing the insane / Allan Ingram with Michelle Faubert.

'The most dreadful visitation' : male madness in Victorian fiction / Valerie Pedlar.