In today's media-saturated, hyper-connected society, increasing numbers of people are finding it hard to switch off their over-stimulated brains and escape the demands of daily life. We are becoming, it seems, a world of insomniacs - but this condition of perpetual unrest has plagued people for centuries. In this fascinating study, Eluned Summers-Bremner shows that the
roots and effects of insomnia are complex, and reveals how humans have employed art, science and witchcraft to understand and treat the affliction.
Author Biography
Eluned Summers-Bremner is Senior Lecturer in the English Department at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.
