Muses, madmen, and prophets : rethinking the history, science, and meaning of auditory hallucination / by Daniel B. Smith.

New York : Penguin Press, 2007.

xiii, 254 pages ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references ([231]-242) and index.

Prelude : the pathological assumption -- The house of mirrors -- Noble automatons -- Interlude : listening -- The tyranny of meaning -- The soft-spoken god -- Enigmatical dictation -- Interlude : floating -- Personal deity : Socrates versus the state -- Digna vox : Joan of Arc versus the church -- Morbid offspring : Daniel Paul Schreber versus psychiatry -- Postlude : hearing voices.