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Dream, Creativity, and Madness in Nineteenth-Century France


Book Description
Those wishing to know the nature of madness, wrote Voltaire, should observe their dreams. This is an important new analysis of the problematic relationship between dreams and madness that preoccupied nineteenth-century French writers, thinkers, and doctors. Tony James shows how doctors (such as Esquirol, L�lut, and Janet), thinkers (including Maine de Biran and Taine), and writers (Balzac, Nerval,... More
Book Information
PublisherOxford University Press Inc
BindingHardcover
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages304
ISBN-100198151888
ISBN-13978-0198151883
Publication Date01/25/1996
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About Tony James (Author) : Tony James is a published author of children's books. A published credit of Tony James is Dream, Creativity, and Madness in Nineteenth-Century France.
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