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Sleep in early modern England

Title
Sleep in early modern England / Sasha Handley.
Author
Handley, Sasha
Publication
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2016]

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Description
xii, 280 pages; 24 cm
Summary
"Drawing on diverse archival sources and material artifacts, Handley reveals that the way we sleep is as dependent on culture as it is on biological and environmental factors. After 1660 the accepted notion that sleepers lay at the mercy of natural forces and supernatural agents was challenged by new medical thinking about sleep's relationship to the nervous system. This breakthrough coincided with radical changes shaping everything from sleeping hours to bedchambers. Handley's illuminating work documents a major evolution in our conscious understanding of the unconscious"--
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Sleep, Medicine and the Body -- Healthy Sleep and the Household -- Faithful Slumber -- Sleeping at Home -- Sleep and Sociability -- Sleep, Sensibility and Identity.
Call Number
JFE 16-12182
ISBN
  • 9780300220391
  • 0300220391
LCCN
2016016541
OCLC
937452327
Author
Handley, Sasha, author.
Title
Sleep in early modern England / Sasha Handley.
Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2016]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 16-12182
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