Nervous acts: essays on literature, culture and sensibility
Auteur :
Rousseau, G.
Éditeur :
Palgrave USA
ISBN :
9781403934543
Date de publication :
10 déc. 2004
Dimensions :
21,6 x 14,0 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
These essays demonstrate the sweeping influence of the human nervous system on the rise of literature and sensibility in early modern Europe. More than any other body part, it holds the key to understanding how far back the strains and stresses of modern life - fatigue, depression, mental illness - extend.