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Author:

Hitchcock, Susan Tyler.

Title:

Mad Mary Lamb : lunacy and murder in literary London / Susan Tyler Hitchcock.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

W.W. Norton,

Copyright Date:

c2005

Description:

333 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Lamb, Mary,--1764-1847.
Literature and mental illness--England--History--19th century.
Psychiatric hospital patients--Great Britain--Biography.
Women and literature--England--History--19th century.
Authorship--History--History--19th century.
London (England)--Intellectual life--19th century.
Mentally ill women--Great Britain--Biography.
Authors, English--19th century--Biography.
Murderers--Great Britain--Biography.
Lamb, Charles,--1775-1834--Family.
Lamb, Mary,--1764-1847.
Lamb, Charles,--1775-1834.
Medicine in Literature--England.
Mental Disorders--England--Biography.
Authorship--England.
History, 19th Century--England.
Mentally Ill Persons--England--Biography.
Women--England--Biography.
Psychische stoornissen.
Moorden.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-312) and index.

Contents:

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.

ISBN:

9780393057416
0393057410

LCCN:

2004019753

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

NYPE343 -- Charles City Public Library (Charles City)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

CMPE792 -- Drake Community Library (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)