Soul-Health - Therapeutic Reading in Later Medieval England

Summary

This is a book about reading and healing. It shows how literature that makes us feel sad, horrified, or fearful was understood to bring about health of the soul in the Middle Ages. Over five chapters, it considers a specific set of negative emotions and demosntrates precisely how words can evoke strong feelings.

Product details

• Authors: Daniel McCann
• Publisher: University of Wales Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2018
• EAN: 9781786833310
• ISBN: 978-1-78683-331-0
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 240 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Religion and Culture in the Middle Ages
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine; England, Soul, History, HISTORY / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, Reading, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Health, medieval, CE period up to c 1500, Archaeology, Literary theory, History and Archaeology, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, therapeutic, Later