The Nineteenth-Century Asylum Periodical: Britain, America and Beyond

Mila Daskalova

doi:10.1017/9781009785297

Unearthing primary sources from a large transatlantic archive, this first book-length study of asylum periodicals in the nineteenth century traces the origins and early spread of periodical publishing in mental institutions in Britain, the United States, and the rest of the world. It connects the rise of asylum periodicals with developments in publishing, literary culture, and the treatment of madness, illuminating the social and print networks that supported their spread. Examining the complicated relationships involved in asylum publishing, Mila Daskalova highlights the role of print in self-expression, community building and identity formation. It shows that patients employed these publications to navigate their institutional reality and to interact with each other and the world. Rather than powerless recipients of care or abuse, periodical contributors participated actively in their treatment and cultural and social life within and beyond the institutions. This title is also available as open access on Cambridge Core.

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The Nineteenth-Century Asylum Periodical
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Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture - Series page
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The Nineteenth-Century Asylum Periodical - Title page
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Britain, America, and Beyond
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Copyright page
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Dedication
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Epigraph
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Contents
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Acknowledgements
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Introduction
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Asylum Periodicals and the Discomfort of Ambiguity
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Part I - Beginnings
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Chapter 1 - From Manuscript to Print
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The Introduction of Printing Presses and Periodicals in British and American Asylums
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Chapter 2 - A Local, National, and International Phenomenon
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The Role of Medical and Publishing Networks in Asylum Periodicals’ Spread and Circulation
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Chapter 3 - Patient-Led Initiatives
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The First Asylum Periodicals
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Part II - Conflict and Collaboration
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Chapter 4 - Negotiating Narratives
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The Collaborative Dynamics of Asylum Periodical Editing
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Chapter 5 - Editing Insanity Out
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Periodical Publishing as a Means for Sustaining Patients’ Sense of Self
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Chapter 6 - Family Matters
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Building Real and Imagined Communities through Periodical Publishing in Asylums
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Chapter 7 - ‘A Literature of Their Own’
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Inclusion, Exclusion, and Lunatic Literary Identity
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Conclusion
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Asylum Periodicals for the Past, Present, and Future
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Notes
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Bibliography
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Index
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Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture - Series page
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