The Sense and Sensibility of Madness

Download or read book The Sense and Sensibility of Madness written by Anna Klambauer and published by At the Interface / Probing the. This book was released on 2018-10-25 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores the intriguing ontological ambiguities of madness in literature and the arts. Despite its association with a diseased/abnormal mind, there can be much sense and sensibility in madness. Daring to break free from the dictates of normalcy, madwomen and madmen disrupt the status quo. Yet, as they venture into unchartered or prohibited terrain, they may also unleash the liberatory and transformative potential of unrestrained madness. 0Contributors are Doreen Bauschke, Teresa Bell, Isil Ezgi Celik, Terri Jane Dow, Peter Gunn, Anna Klambauer, Rachel A. Sims and Ruxanda Topor.