Sleep in early modern England / Sasha Handley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Handley, Sasha, author.

Contributor:

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

Horace Howard Furness Memorial Library (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sleep--Social aspects--England--History--17th century.

Sleep.

Sleep--Social aspects--England--History--18th century.

Sleeping customs--England--History.

Sleeping customs.

Sleep--England--History.

Social change--England--History.

Social change.

History.

Social aspects.

England--Social life and customs.

England.

Manners and customs.

England--Social conditions.

Social conditions.

Physical Description:

xii, 280 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2016]

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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Sleep, Medicine and the Body

Healthy Sleep and the Household

Faithful Slumber

Sleeping at Home

Sleep and Sociability

Sleep, Sensibility and Identity.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9780300220391

0300220391

OCLC:

937452327