At Day's Close: A History of Nighttime
Autor Professor A. Roger Ekirchen Limba Engleză Paperback – 7 apr 2022
'A wonderful revelation of a vanished age of darkness' SPECTATOR
'Fascinating' SUNDAY TIMES
'A splendid book ... great entertainment' Sir Patrick Moore
'A triumph of social history. Almost every page contains something to surprise the reader ... one of the most enjoyable literary experiences of the year' MAIL ON SUNDAY
From blanket fairs to night kings, curfews to crime, At Day's Close is an intriguing and captivating investigation into the night. Until now, this rich and complex universe in which we spend nearly half of our lives was a world long-lost to historians.
Here, Ekirch explores how the night was lived in the past, through travel accounts, memoirs, letters, folklore, poems, court records and coroner's reports. More than this, it is a passionate argument in the case for less artificial light in an increasingly bright world.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781474624916
ISBN-10: 147462491X
Pagini: 480
Ilustrații: 71
Dimensiuni: 128 x 196 x 40 mm
Greutate: 0.42 kg
Editura: Orion Publishing Group
Colecția W&N
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 147462491X
Pagini: 480
Ilustrații: 71
Dimensiuni: 128 x 196 x 40 mm
Greutate: 0.42 kg
Editura: Orion Publishing Group
Colecția W&N
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Recenzii
A wonderful revelation of a vanished age of darkness
A triumph of social history. Almost every page contains something to surprise the reader ... one of the most enjoyable literary experiences of the year
An enthralling anthropology of the shadow reals of Western Europe from the late Middle Ages to the Industrial Revolution ... a passionate case against too much artificial light
In his fascinating survey of the dark hours of the pre-industrial era, A Roger Ekirch takes us deep into an age when the very lack of light threw life into confusion ... an engrossing book that illuminates the darker recesses of the past
Meticulously researched ... AT DAY'S CLOSE is a splendid book ... great entertainment, and to social historians it will be of immense value
A comprehensive account of nightlife...bursting with esoteric and well-sourced information about everything from candles and curfews to church bells and chamber pots
Wonderful... Ekirch spares no pains to rediscover the lost world of the dark ... A book that can't be summarised but must be experienced
Just the sort of browsable treat guaranteed to cause insomnia
Night-time has been curiously ignored by social historians. This fine book corrects that lack ... Entertaining and informative
Ekirch's absorbing history reveals an alternative universe shaped by real and imaginary perils
Fascinating ... exploring what went on at night between 1500 and 1830 ... Here are microcultural tales of pirates and robbers, blanket fairs (people climbing into bed together to talk before going to sleep), curtain lectures (wives who felt emboldened by the dark to complain to their recumbent husbands) and night-kings (sewer cleaners in German)
The book is especially engaging on the social significance of the night, the moral meanings projected into the dark
There are so many good stories here which do not usually find themselves between the same covers
This enlightening book ... is one of the most fascinating and rewarding literary experiences you are likely to discover this year
Absorbing ... fascinating ... tells us about everything from witches to firefighting, architecture to domestic violence ... a monumental study
Night-time has been curiously ignored by social historians. This fine book corrects that lack. ... Entertaining and informative, this book is also challenging.
A triumph of social history. Almost every page contains something to surprise the reader ... one of the most enjoyable literary experiences of the year
An enthralling anthropology of the shadow reals of Western Europe from the late Middle Ages to the Industrial Revolution ... a passionate case against too much artificial light
In his fascinating survey of the dark hours of the pre-industrial era, A Roger Ekirch takes us deep into an age when the very lack of light threw life into confusion ... an engrossing book that illuminates the darker recesses of the past
Meticulously researched ... AT DAY'S CLOSE is a splendid book ... great entertainment, and to social historians it will be of immense value
A comprehensive account of nightlife...bursting with esoteric and well-sourced information about everything from candles and curfews to church bells and chamber pots
Wonderful... Ekirch spares no pains to rediscover the lost world of the dark ... A book that can't be summarised but must be experienced
Just the sort of browsable treat guaranteed to cause insomnia
Night-time has been curiously ignored by social historians. This fine book corrects that lack ... Entertaining and informative
Ekirch's absorbing history reveals an alternative universe shaped by real and imaginary perils
Fascinating ... exploring what went on at night between 1500 and 1830 ... Here are microcultural tales of pirates and robbers, blanket fairs (people climbing into bed together to talk before going to sleep), curtain lectures (wives who felt emboldened by the dark to complain to their recumbent husbands) and night-kings (sewer cleaners in German)
The book is especially engaging on the social significance of the night, the moral meanings projected into the dark
There are so many good stories here which do not usually find themselves between the same covers
This enlightening book ... is one of the most fascinating and rewarding literary experiences you are likely to discover this year
Absorbing ... fascinating ... tells us about everything from witches to firefighting, architecture to domestic violence ... a monumental study
Night-time has been curiously ignored by social historians. This fine book corrects that lack. ... Entertaining and informative, this book is also challenging.