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The Man Who Thought He Was Napoleon: Toward a Political History of Madness
Laure Murat
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Description for The Man Who Thought He Was Napoleon: Toward a Political History of Madness
Hardcover. The Man who thought he was Napoleon is built around a bizarre historical event and an off-hand challenge. The event? In December 1840, nearly twenty years after his death, the remains of Napoleon were returned to Paris for burial - and the next day, the director of a Paris hospital for the insane admitted fourteen men who claimed to be Napoleon. Num Pages: 304 pages, 35 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; MBX; MMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
The Man who thought he was Napoleon is built around a bizarre historical event and an off-hand challenge. The event? In December 1840, nearly twenty years after his death, the remains of Napoleon were returned to Paris for burial - and the next day, the director of a Paris hospital for the insane admitted fourteen men who claimed to be Napoleon. The challenge, meanwhile, is the claim by great French psychiatrist Jean-Etienne Dominique Esquirol (1772-1840) that he could recount the history of France through asylum registries. From those two components, Laure Murat embarks on an exploration of the surprising relationship ... Read more
The Man who thought he was Napoleon is built around a bizarre historical event and an off-hand challenge. The event? In December 1840, nearly twenty years after his death, the remains of Napoleon were returned to Paris for burial - and the next day, the director of a Paris hospital for the insane admitted fourteen men who claimed to be Napoleon. The challenge, meanwhile, is the claim by great French psychiatrist Jean-Etienne Dominique Esquirol (1772-1840) that he could recount the history of France through asylum registries. From those two components, Laure Murat embarks on an exploration of the surprising relationship ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
544g
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226025735
SKU
V9780226025735
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About Laure Murat
Laure Murat is professor of French and Francophone studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. Deke Dusinberre is a freelance writer and translator.
Reviews for The Man Who Thought He Was Napoleon: Toward a Political History of Madness
"Murat is a subtle writer and stylist, able to assimilate a wealth of archival evidence into a forceful narrative. She gives new poignancy to the problem of distinguishing between what patients say and how their doctors represent their voices, and she makes her own process in the archives part of the story she is telling. Her imagination, her curiosity, and ... Read more