Madmen and mad money: psychological disability and economics in medieval and early modern literature
In medieval and early modern literature, people with psychological disabilities are commonly represented as nuisances, monsters, and pitiable wretches. This ableist paradigm is partly attributable to the fact that ‘mad’ characters evoke economic anxieties rooted in the socioeconomic climate of the s...
Main Author: | Leverton, Tara Juliette Corinna |
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Other Authors: | Young, Sandra |
Format: | Others |
Language: | English |
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University of Cape Town
2018
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/28391 |
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