Epidemic of the Mind: Insanity and Early American Literature 1789-1804

This dissertation examines the ways in which the science of insanity informs the creation of the American citizen during the years of the early Republic. By utilizing the medical texts of "America's first psychiatrist" Benjamin Rush, as a way of interpreting early American literature,...

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Other Authors:	Price, Matthew L. (authoraut)
Format:	Others
Language:	English English
Published:	Florida State University
Subjects:	English literature America > Literatures Composition (Language arts)
Online Access:	http://purl.flvc.org/fsu/fd/FSU_migr_etd-5119