At the Borders of Sleep

This book is a unique exploration of the connections between literature andthe liminal states between waking and sleeping-from falling asleep and wakingup, to drowsiness and insomnia, to states in which sleeping and waking mix. Delving into philosophy as well as literature, Peter Schwenger investigates the threshold between waking and sleeping as an important and productive state between the forced march of rational thought and the oblivion ofunconsciousness.