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245		4	_aThe Life of Breath in Literature, Culture and Medicine
246			_aClassical to Contemporary
264			_bSpringer Nature _c2021
300			_a1 online resource (555 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490			_aPalgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine
520			_aThis 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.
653			_aBreath In Literature
653			_aBreathlessness
653			_aCopd
653			_aHealth Humanities
653			_aMedical Humanities
700	1		_a0000-0003-4982-9074
700	1		_a500
700	1		_aFuller, David
700	1		_aMacnaughton, Jane
700	1		_aSaunders, Corinne
856			_uhttps://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/50944/1/978-3-030-74443-4.pdfhttps://www.springer.com/9783030744434https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/50944
942			_cE-BOOK
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