Sanity, Insanity and Society From A Swiftian Viewpoint

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Jonathan Swift's satiric work A Digression Concerning the Original, the Use and Improvement of Madness in a Commonwealth provides an example of the fine line between insanity and sanity, while offering up the causes of mental breakdowns. The essay, found in his A Tale of a Tub, also examines madness' function in society. This paper has five pages and one source listed in the bibliography.


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