Name: Under That Calamity
SKU: 56224411
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Author: Perceval, John ; Grubbs, Lindsey
ISBN: 9781941360637

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Author

John Perceval

Illustrated by

Lindsey Grubbs

Publisher

Lanternfish Press

Language

English

Pages

312

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

20x13.2x2.4 cm

Weight

0.34 kg.

ISBN13

9781941360637

Synopsis "Under That Calamity"

"In the year 1830, I was unfortunately deprived of the use of reason. This calamity befell me about Christmas." After experiencing auditory hallucinations, John Perceval was institutionalized against his will for three years. His memoir A Narrative of the Treatment Experienced by a Gentleman, During a State of Mental Derangement, was first published in 1838 in London with the aim of exposing the inhumane treatments inflicted on those who likewise suffered--in Perceval's words--"under that calamity.&rdquo Featuring annotation and perspectives from Lindsey Grubbs, a scholar of the cultural history and contemporary ethics of psychology and neuroscience, Under That Calamity offers a candid, humane look at nineteenth-century treatment of the mentally ill that still resonates in the present day. Produced in collaboration with The Library Company of Philadelphia.

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