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The Life of Breath in Literature, Culture and Medicine - Classical to Contemporary (Paperback, 1st ed. 2021)
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The Life of Breath in Literature, Culture and Medicine - Classical to Contemporary (Paperback, 1st ed. 2021)
Series: Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine
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This open access book studies breath and breathing in literature
and culture and provides crucial insights into the history of
medicine, health and the emotions, the foundations of beliefs
concerning body, spirit and world, the connections between breath
and creativity and the phenomenology of breath and breathlessness.
Contributions span the classical, medieval, early modern, Romantic,
Victorian, modern and contemporary periods, drawing on medical
writings, philosophy, theology and the visual arts as well as on
literary, historical and cultural studies. The collection
illustrates the complex significance and symbolic power of breath
and breathlessness across time: breath is written deeply into ideas
of nature, spirituality, emotion, creativity and being, and is
inextricable from notions of consciousness, spirit, inspiration,
voice, feeling, freedom and movement. The volume also demonstrates
the long-standing connections between breath and place, politics
and aesthetics, illuminating both contrasts and continuities.
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