Forming Sleep: Representing Consciousness in the English Renaissance

by Margaret Simon

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Forming Sleep asks how biocultural and literary dynamics act together to shape conceptions of sleep states in the early modern period. Engaging with poetry, drama, and prose largely written in English between 1580 and 1670, the essays in this collection highlight period discussions about how seemingly insentient states might actually enable self-formation.

Looking at literary representations of sleep through formalism, biopolitics,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0271086122

ISBN13:9780271086125

Release Date:April 2021

Publisher:Penn State University Press

Length:246 Pages

Weight:0.81 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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