And you’ll find another rich source of information in A. Alvarez’s Night (Norton, ISBN 0 393 03724 X). Written by a poet and critic, it’s a meditation on night from the etymology of words to the theories of Freud and the science of sleep. Bit of a patchwork, but well worth a read.
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