{"product_id":"soul-health-therapeutic-reading-in-later-medieval-england-9781786833310","title":"Soul-Health: Therapeutic Reading in Later Medieval England","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Daniel McCann\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: University of Wales Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: University of Wales Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Europe - Medieval\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book explores the connection between reading and healing. It analyses how the mental and emotional impact of reading was expanded in the Middle Ages into a therapeutic tool for improving the health of the soul--a state called 'salus animae'. Focusing on later Medieval England, the book explores a core set of religious texts that identify themselves as treatments for the soul--texts which, nevertheless, evoke powerfully negative emotions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Wales Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47889373724823,"sku":"9781786833310","price":5598.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781786833310.webp?v=1781176130","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/soul-health-therapeutic-reading-in-later-medieval-england-9781786833310","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}