Insomnia
Subtitle: a cultural history
By: Eluned Summers-Bremner
Publisher: Reaktion
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9781861896544
Subjects: Social aspects; Insomnia; Wakefulness in literature; Sleep; Folklore
Description: Taking a broad historical sweep, this book investigates the many-layered versions of sleeplessness and insomnia in culture, from myth and folklore to the arts and popular medicine.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.