Tsare mafakar Christopher Smart

Tsare mafakar Christopher Smart

Iri	imprisonment (en) aukuwa
Kwanan watan	Mayu 1757 –  ga Janairu, 1763
Wuri	St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics (en)
Participant (en)	Christopher Smart (en)

Mawaƙin Ingilishi Christopher Smart (1722-1771) an tsare shi a mafakar tunani daga Mayu 1757 har zuwa Janairu 1763. An shigar da Smart a Asibitin St Luke na Lunatics, Upper Moorfields, London, a ranar 6 ga Mayu 1757. Surukinsa, John Newbery ne ya kai shi can, ko da yake ana iya tsare shi a gidan mahaukata mai zaman kansa kafin lokacin. Duk da yake a cikin St Luka ya rubuta Jubilate Agno da A Song to David, waƙoƙin da aka ɗauka a matsayin manyan ayyukansa. Duk da cewa da yawa daga cikin mutanen zamaninsa sun yarda cewa Smart ya kasance “mahaukaci ne”, bayanan halin da yake ciki sun bambanta, wasu kuma suna ganin an yi masa rashin adalci.

An gano Smart a matsayin "marasa warkewa" yayin da yake St Luke's, kuma lokacin da suka ƙare da kuɗaɗe don kulawa da shi an kai shi mafakar Mista Potter, Bethnal Green. Abin da aka sani na shekarun da ya yi a tsare shi ne ya rubuta wakoki. Keɓewar Smart ta sa shi ya watsar da nau'ikan waƙoƙi na ƙarni na 18 waɗanda suka yi alama a farkon aikinsa da kuma rubuta waƙoƙin addini kamar Jubilate Agno ("Ku yi murna da Ɗan Rago"). Waƙarsa ta mafaka tana nuna sha'awar "bayyanai marar tsaka-tsaki", kuma yana yiwuwa kimantawar kai da aka samu a cikin waƙarsa tana wakiltar furci na Kiristanci na bishara .