The Subject of Madness: Insanity, Individuals and Society in Late-Medieval English Literature.
- Author / Editor
- Harper, Stephen.
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