Forming Sleep by Nancy L Simpson-Younger
A collection of essays exploring how biocultural and literary dynamics acted together to shape conceptions of sleep states in the early modern period. Essays envision sleep states as a means of defining the human, both literally and metaphorically.“This fascinating book argues that human sleep and sleeplessness is (and was) shaped as much by social and cultural factors as by human biologyIts pages represent an important justification of literary and historical inquiries into the extraordinary variability of human sleep habits that can be traced across time and space. Those who choose to read this book will soon appreciate why humanities scholarship is so essential to understanding one of the features of human life.”
—Sasha Handley, author of Sleep in Early Modern England
“A multifaceted and provocative collection of essays that focus on answering the pertinent question of how biocultural and literary forces combined to influence conceptualizations and epistemologies of sleep, subjectivity, and human consciousness.”
—Janine Rivière Journal of British Studies
“This collection is the first to consider the broad range of meanings of sleep and consciousness in the early modern imagination. It examines representations of sleep in poetry, drama and long-form writing (epic and prose), using the lenses of formalism, biopolitics, Marxist theory, trauma theory and affect theory.”
—Elizabeth K. Hunter Kritikon Litterarum
“Forming Sleep offers a rich, wide-ranging set of perspectives on a field that still merits much more scholarly attention.”
—Per Sivefors Renaissance Quarterly
Nancy L. Simpson-Younger is Assistant Professor of English at Pacific Lutheran University.
Margaret Simon is Associate Professor of English at North Carolina State University.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780271086125 |
| ISBN 10 | 0271086122 |
| Title | Forming Sleep |
| Author | Nancy L Simpson-Younger |
| Series | Cultural Inquiries In English Literature 1400-1700 Ser |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pennsylvania State University Press |
| Year published | 2021-04-20 |
| Number of pages | 246 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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