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  E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1084496184 Title: Soul-health : therapeutic reading in later Medieval England Author: Daniel McCann Publisher: Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2018 ©2018 ISBN/ISSN: 178683331X 9781786833310 OCLC:1084496184

  
  

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Soul-health : therapeutic reading in later Medieval England

Author:	Daniel McCann
Publisher:	Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2018 ©2018
Series:	Religion & culture in the Middle Ages
Edition/Format:	Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	Soul-Health explores the connection between reading and healing. The act of reading engages deeply with our emotions and psychology, and this book broadens our understanding of that process by the surprising revelation that feeling bad has been understood as the best thing for mental and spiritual health. The mental and emotional impact of reading expanded in the Middle Ages into a therapeutic tool for improving the health of the soul - a state called salus animae - and focusing on later Medieval England, the present study explores a core set of religious texts that identify themselves as treatments for the soul. These same texts, however, evoke powerfully negative emotions. Soul-Health investigates each of these emotions, offering an analysis of how fear, penance, compassion and longing could work to promote the health of the soul, demonstrating how interest in mental and spiritual health far pre-dates the modern period, and is more complex and balanced than simply trying to achieve joy.  Read more...
Subjects	Bibliothérapie -- Angleterre (Grande-Bretagne) -- Moyen âge. Lecture -- Aspect psychologique. England.
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