Music, Madness, and the Unworking of Language

Columbia University Press

Publishers Since 1893

New York Chichester, West Sussex

E-ISBN 978-0-231-51254-1

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Hamilton, John T.

Music, madness, and the unworking of language / John T. Hamilton.

p. cm.—(Columbia themes in philosophy, social criticism, and the arts)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-231-14220-5 (cloth : alk. paper)—ISBN 978-0-231-51254-1 (e-book) 1. Music—Philosophy and aesthetics—History. 2. Music and language. 3. Music—Psychological aspects—History. I. Title. II. Series.

ML3800.H246 2008

780.1—dc22

2007036012

Designed by Lisa Hamm

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