An Essay on the Incubus, or Night-mare


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This work helps to understand nightmares scientifically and learn about the psychology of people who suffer from its extreme cases. The author attempts to provide the readers with answers to several important questions related to the problem. He discusses the history and the various views regarding the cause of nightmares, the real cause of the problem, its symptoms, and most importantly, its treatment. He includes some case studies in this hypothesis that prove essential in making the topic clear to the reader. The author successfully explained his thoughts and opinions in this well-written text.




Medicine, Emotion and Disease, 1700-1950


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Using interdisciplinary techniques and original research findings, this volume explores the shift from humoral to nervous interpretations of emotion; the emotional nature of the medical professional-patient relationship; and the extent to which gender might influence the diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of pathological emotional conditions.




Matters of the Heart


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The heart is the most symbolic organ of the human body. Across cultures it is seen as the site of emotions, as well as the origin of life. This book traces the ways emotions have been understood between the 17th and 19th centuries as both physical entities and spiritual experiences.




China and the West


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With contributions from outstanding specialists in glass art and East Asian art history, this edited volume opens a cross-cultural dialogue on the hitherto little-studied medium of Chinese reverse glass painting. The first major survey of this form of East Asian art, the volume traces its long history, its local and global diffusion, and its artistic and technical characteristics. Manufactured for export to Europe and for local consumption within China, the fragile artworks studied in this volume constitute a paramount part of Chinese visual culture and attest to the intensive cultural and artistic exchange between China and the West.




History of the Gothic: Gothic Literature 1764-1824


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Offers an introduction to British Gothic literature. This book examines works by Gothic authors such as Horace Walpole, Matthew Lewis, Ann Radcliffe, William Godwin and Mary Shelley against the backdrop of eighteenth-and-nineteenth-century British social and political history.







The Monthly Review


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