Trials of passion : crimes in the name of love and madness
Appignanesi, Lisa2014
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Total copies: 1
When passion is in the picture, what is criminal, what sane, what mad or simply bad? Through court and asylum records, letters and newspaper accounts, this book brings to life a period when the psychiatric professions were consolidating their hold on our understanding of what is human.
Main title:
Trials of passion : crimes in the name of love and madness / Lisa Appignanesi.
Author:
Appignanesi, Lisa, author
Imprint:
London : Virago, 2014.
Collation:
434 pages ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781844088744 (hbk)9781405515771 (ePub ebook)
Dewey class:
364.1'523364.1523
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
260949