- «Fiere vicende dell’età di mezzo»
- Edited by Paola Guglielmotti, Isabella Lazzarini
Dante epilettico, o anche isterico. Una storia psichiatriico letteraria di fine Ottocento
- Enrico Artifoni
- © 2021 Author(s) |
- CC BY 4.0
- DOI: 10.36253/978-88-5518-423-6.01
In the last decade of the 19th century psychiatric sciences in Italy proposed many psychopathological interpretations of exceptional personalities. An important role was played by the psychiatrist Cesare Lombroso with his books on genius and madness, which inspired other similar research. The case of Dante Alighieri, on whom Lombroso made a diagnosis of epilepsy, is part of this context. The article analyses the main texts (for and against) of this psychiatric-literary affair and clarifies the role of the French doctor Max Durand-Fardel, from whom Lombroso said he took the cue for his diagnosis of epilepsy.
- Keywords:
- 19th century; Dante Alighieri; Cesare Lombroso; Max Durand-Fardel; history of medievalism; history of psychiatry; epilepsy.,
University of Turin, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0003-4279-0533
Chapter Information
Chapter Title
Dante epilettico, o anche isterico. Una storia psichiatriico letteraria di fine Ottocento
Authors
Enrico Artifoni
Language
Italian
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-423-6.01
Peer Reviewed
Publication Year
2021
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© 2021 Author(s)
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Book Title
«Fiere vicende dell’età di mezzo»
Book Subtitle
Studi per Gian Maria Varanini
Editors
Paola Guglielmotti, Isabella Lazzarini
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
344
Publication Year
2021
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© 2021 Author(s)
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Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-423-6
ISBN Print
978-88-5518-422-9
eISBN (pdf)
978-88-5518-423-6
eISBN (xml)
978-88-5518-425-0
Series Title
Reti Medievali E-Book
Series ISSN
2704-6362
Series E-ISSN
2704-6079