The Subject of Madness: Insanity, Individuals and Society in Late-Medieval English Literature.

Author / Editor
Harper, Stephen.

Title
The Subject of Madness: Insanity, Individuals and Society in Late-Medieval English Literature.

Published
Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Glasgow, 1997. Open access at https://theses.gla.ac.uk/3152/1/1997HarperPhD.pdf (accessed January 30, 2023).

Description
Explores secular rather than religious implications of madness in works by Chaucer (MilT and SumT; madness and social class), John Gower (VC, Book I), Thomas Hoccleve ("major works"), and Margery Kempe ("Book of Margery Kempe").

Chaucer Subjects
Miller and His Tale
Summoner and His Tale