Sleep Works: Experiments in Science and Literature, 1899-1929

An exploration of sleep at the intersection of literature, science, and pharmacology in the early twentieth century.

At the turn of the twentieth century, sleep began to be seen not merely as a passive state but as an active, dynamic process crucial to our understanding of consciousness and identity. In Sleep Works, cultural historian and literary scholar Sebastian P. Klinger explores the intriguing connections between scientific inquiry and literary expression during an era when sleep was b...