The Madness Narrative, Between the Literary, the Therapeutic and the Political

The present paper discusses the types, functions and limitations of the madness narrative, a particular type of text dealing with a popular research topic: mental instability, within the larger contexts of women’s autobiographical writing and illness-based writing. The overview aims to provide the t...

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Main Author:	Viusenco Anca-Luisa
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Sciendo 2013-03-01
Series:	Romanian Journal of English Studies
Subjects:	autobiographical fiction madness madness narrative pathography scriptotherapy
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.2478/rjes-2013-0030

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title	The Madness Narrative, Between the Literary, the Therapeutic and the Political
title_short	The Madness Narrative, Between the Literary, the Therapeutic and the Political
title_full	The Madness Narrative, Between the Literary, the Therapeutic and the Political
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series	Romanian Journal of English Studies
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description	The present paper discusses the types, functions and limitations of the madness narrative, a particular type of text dealing with a popular research topic: mental instability, within the larger contexts of women’s autobiographical writing and illness-based writing. The overview aims to provide the theoretical framework necessary for the further analysis of specific madness narratives.
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The Madness Narrative, Between the Literary, the Therapeutic and the Political

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