<description>&lt;p&gt;Hoo boy, that episode title is a STRETCH.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This time around, we head to a lunatic asylum with the Dickinsons and discuss Episode 6 of Season 3 of Dickinson, "A Little Madness in the Spring," written by the kick-ass Ayo Edebiri and directed by one of our favorites, Silas Howard. We discuss Victorian Era approaches to mental health care (surprisingly better than you'd think for a bit there... and then things disintegrate quickly!), arbitrary systems of control (they're EVERYWHERE), and the benevolence or self-preservation of Susan Gilbert Dickinson (is it always 'or'? is it never 'and'?).&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I don't know about you, but we're ready for winter to end so that we can indulge in a little bit of spring-based madness of our own.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;A little Madness in the Spring&lt;br&gt;
Is wholesome even for the King,&lt;br&gt;
But God be with the Clown –&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
Who ponders this tremendous scene –&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
This whole Experiment of Green –&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;
As if it were his own!&lt;/p&gt;
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Hoo boy, that episode title is a STRETCH.&nbsp;
This time around, we head to a lunatic asylum with the Dickinsons and discuss Episode 6 of Season 3 of Dickinson, "A Little Madness in the Spring," written by the kick-ass Ayo Edebiri and directed by one of our favorites, Silas Howard. We discuss Victorian Era approaches to mental health care (surprisingly better than you'd think for a bit there... and then things disintegrate quickly!), arbitrary systems of control (they're EVERYWHERE), and the benevolence or self-preservation of Susan Gilbert Dickinson (is it always 'or'? is it never 'and'?).&nbsp;
I don't know about you, but we're ready for winter to end so that we can indulge in a little bit of spring-based madness of our own.
 
A little Madness in the Spring 
Is wholesome even for the King, 
But God be with the Clown –&nbsp; 
Who ponders this tremendous scene –&nbsp; 
This whole Experiment of Green –&nbsp; 
As if it were his own!

Edicts on E. Dicks- A podcast about the Apple TV+ show "Dickinson" and the poems of Emily Dickinson

A Little Madness Is The Thing, Women beholden to a Clownish King

A Little Madness Is The Thing, Women beholden to a Clownish King

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