Exploring the intersection of literature and psychology, this book delves into how detective fiction from the 1920s to 1940s reflects societal views on guilt and responsibility. It analyzes the portrayal of the human mind in the context of crime, offering insights into the evolving understanding of morality and mental health during this era. By examining key literary works, the discussion reveals the complexities of human behavior and the implications of labeling individuals as guilty or insane.
"This book represents, genuinely, a moment of ground-breaking importance for how we think about nature, access and wellbeing in late capitalism. Everybody is talking about the healing properties of nature. Hospitals are being retrofitted with gardens, and forests reimagined as wellbeing centres. On the Shetland Islands, it is possible to walk into a doctor's surgery with anxiety or depression, and walk out with a prescription for nature. Where has this come from, and what does 'going to nature' mean? Where is it - at the end of a garden, beyond the tarmac fringes of a city, at the summit of a mountain? Drawing on history, science, literature and art, Samantha Walton shows that the nature cure has deep roots - but, as we face an unprecedented crisis of mental health, social injustice and environmental devastation, the search for it is more urgent now than ever. Everybody Needs Beauty engages seriously with the connection between nature and health, while scrutinising the harmful trends of a wellness industry that seeks to exploit our relationship with the natural world. In doing so, this book explores how the nature cure might lead us towards a more just and radical way of life: a real means of recovery, for people, society and nature"--Publisher's description
Guilty But Insane offers a timely and challenging discussion of the
relationship between popular literature, science, and what it means to be
human by examining how writers of detective fiction during the 1920s to 1940s
understood guilt, responsibility, and the workings of the mind in relation to
crime.
The adventure follows siblings Champ, Lily, Lee, and their sister as they explore new locations and meet new friends. Their journey promises excitement and the thrill of discovery, highlighting themes of friendship and exploration.
Harnessing new enthusiasm for Nan Shepherd's writing, The Living World asks how literature might help us reimagine humanity's place on earth in the midst of our ecological crisis. The first book to examine Shepherd's writing through an ecocritical lens, it reveals forgotten details about the scientific, political and philosophical climate of early twentieth century Scotland, and offers new insights into Shepherd's distinctive environmental thought. More than this, this book reveals how Shepherd's ways of relating to complex, interconnected ecologies predate many of the core themes and concerns of the multi-disciplinary environmental humanities, and may inform their future development.Broken down into chapters focusing on themes of place, ecology, environmentalism, Deep Time, vital matter and selfhood, The Living World offers the first integrated study of Shepherd's writing and legacy, making the work of this philosopher, feminist, amateur ecologist, geologist, and innovative modernist, accessible and relevant to a new community of readers.
"A much-anticipated debut collection from the supremely talented Samantha Walton. Self Heal brims with riotous and tender experimental lyrics on love, work, protest, and survival among haunted interiors and post-industrial landscapes. It explores processes of destruction and healing, testing the possibilities of self and collective care through meditations on poetic artifice and the architecture of identity, all with a thrilling linguistic strut and twinklings of mordant wit."--Publisher description.
