Cultural Inquiries in English Literature, 1400–1700 Representing Consciousness in the English Renaissance

• Main Author: Nancy L. Simpson-Younger, Margaret Simon
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Penn State University Press 2020
• Subjects: LITERARY CRITICISM

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 seeming...