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Scenes of Madness Derek Russell Davis

Scenes of Madness By Derek Russell Davis

Scenes of Madness by Derek Russell Davis


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Summary

Unlike the `textbook' description of mental illness, discusses an earlier tradition that led psychiatrists to turn to Shakespeare's plays for such models as Ophelia and Lear, to help them understand the madness observed in their patients.

Scenes of Madness Summary

Scenes of Madness: A Psychiatrist at the Theatre by Derek Russell Davis

Derek Russell Davis is well known to psychiatrists as the author of a classic textbook - An Introduction to Psychopathology first published by Oxford University Press in 1957 and now in its fourth edition

This book expands on the themes of many lectures and short papers Davis has given on the relationship between drama and psychiatry throughout a long and distinguished career

Of special interest to Norway because of the many references to Ibsen on whom the author is an authority

About Derek Russell Davis

Davis, Derek Russell

Table of Contents

1: Introduction. 2: Lessons at the theatre. 3: Models of madness. 4: The stories plays tell. 5: Reality and illusion. 6: Family feuds. 7: Breaking free from the past. 8: Recoveries. 9: Conclusions. Notes and sources. Index.

Additional information

NLS9780415131735
9780415131735
0415131731
Scenes of Madness: A Psychiatrist at the Theatre by Derek Russell Davis
New
Paperback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
1995-11-23
218
N/A
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