“Insomnia – A Cultural History” (Eluned Summers-Bremner)

CONTENTS Sleeplessness in the Ancient World Love, Labour, Anxiety The Sleep of Reason The Night of Empire Cities That Never Sleep Wired INTRODUCTION What is insomnia? Medical practitioners describe it as the habitual inability to fall asleep or remain asleep when one wishes or needs to do so. As such, it would seem to be…