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Ueber den Menschenhass: Eine pathographische Untersuchung ueber Jonathan Swift.

Ueber den Menschenhass: Eine pathographische Untersuchung ueber Jonathan Swift. This article is only available in the PDF format. Download the PDF to view the article, as well as its associated figures and tables. Abstract A more interesting subject for a pathographic study than the great Dean Swift could hardly be found. Swift was the author of one of the best loved books of all time, dear to youthful readers, entertaining to adults, food for thought to the most mature—the immortal "Gulliver's Travels." Next to Dante's "Divine Comedy," this book is one of the greatest products of literary imagination. Its author was undoubtedly an abnormal person. Toward the end of life he suffered from an organic mental disease, but this has evidently little significance in the study of his character and work. He was governor of the Hospital of St. Mary of Bethlehem ("Bedlam") in London, and visited this institution a number of times, using his observations in his writings; e. g., "The Tale of a Tub." His considerable fortune he left (in a will made long before his own mental illness) to be used http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of Neurology And Psychiatry American Medical Association

Ueber den Menschenhass: Eine pathographische Untersuchung ueber Jonathan Swift.

Archives of Neurology And Psychiatry , Volume 32 (2) – Aug 1, 1934
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American Medical Association
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Copyright © 1934 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved.
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0096-6754
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10.1001/archneurpsyc.1934.02250080207014
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This article is only available in the PDF format. Download the PDF to view the article, as well as its associated figures and tables. Abstract A more interesting subject for a pathographic study than the great Dean Swift could hardly be found. Swift was the author of one of the best loved books of all time, dear to youthful readers, entertaining to adults, food for thought to the most mature—the immortal "Gulliver's Travels." Next to Dante's "Divine Comedy," this book is one of the greatest products of literary imagination. Its author was undoubtedly an abnormal person. Toward the end of life he suffered from an organic mental disease, but this has evidently little significance in the study of his character and work. He was governor of the Hospital of St. Mary of Bethlehem ("Bedlam") in London, and visited this institution a number of times, using his observations in his writings; e. g., "The Tale of a Tub." His considerable fortune he left (in a will made long before his own mental illness) to be used

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Published: Aug 1, 1934

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