Becoming Insomniac: How Sleeplessness Alarmed Modernity

Scrivner, L.

A study of the history of modern insomnia, this book explores how poets, journalists, and doctors of the Victorian period found themselves in near-universal agreement that modernity and sleep were somehow incompatible. It investigates how psychologists, philosophers and literary artists worked to articulate its causes, and its potential cures.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2014-01-01

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781349443598

DOI: 10.1057/9781137268747

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 257