Soul-Health : Therapeutic Reading in Later Medieval England
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Religion and Culture in the Middle Ages
ISBN-10
178683331X
ISBN-13
9781786833310
Publisher
University of Wales Press
Imprint
University of Wales Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 15th, 2018
Print length
272 Pages
Weight
498 grams
Dimensions
16.50 x 24.10 x 2.10 cms
Product Classification:
Literary theoryHistoryArchaeology
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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.
This book explores the connection between reading and healing. It analyses how the mental and emotional impact of reading was expanded in the Middle Ages into a therapeutic tool for improving the health of the soula state called ''salus animae''. Focusing on later Medieval England, the book explores a core set of religious texts that identify themselves as treatments for the soultexts which, nevertheless, evoke powerfully negative emotions.
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