{"product_id":"representing-mental-illness-in-late-julie-singer-9781843845126","title":"Representing Mental Illness in Late Medieval France: Machines, Madness, Metaphor","description":"An exploration of the medieval mind as a machine, and how it might be affected and immobiled, in textual reactions to the madness of Charles VI of France. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the turn of the fifteenth century it must have seemed to many French people that the world was going mad. King Charles VI suffered his first bout of mental illness in 1392, and he underwent intermittent bouts of frenzy, melancholy and ever-scarcer lucidity until his death in 1422. The king's scarcely mentionable malady was mirrored at every level of social experience, from the irrational civil war through which the body politic tore itself apart, to reports of elevated suicide rates among the common people. In this political environment, where affairs of state were closely linked to the ruler's mental state, French writers sought new ways of representing the psychological dynamics of the body politic. This book explores the innovative mix of organic and inorganic metaphors through which they explored the relationship between mind, body and government at this period; in particular, it considers texts by such authors as Alan Chartier and Charles d'Orl饌ns which describe mental illness and intellectual impairments through the notion of \"rust\". \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e JULIE SINGER is Associate Professor of French at Washington University, St. Louis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Julie Singer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1843845121\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781843845126\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Boydell \u0026amp; Brewer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/19\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 374\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.88d","brand":"Julie Singer","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43938924167423,"sku":"9781843845126","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_b72cab5a-1e54-4c95-b5c2-7f3546887da0.jpg?v=1681438479","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/representing-mental-illness-in-late-julie-singer-9781843845126","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}