‘“Thrust from the society of many dear friends”: loneliness in early modern Britain and in the humanities today

Hannah Yip; Thomas Clifton

doi:10.1016/S2215-0366(21)00245-5

‘“Thrust from the society of many dear friends”: loneliness in early modern Britain and in the humanities today

Hannah Yip, Thomas Clifton

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Abstract

Over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, when terms such as social distancing and self-isolation quickly entered the common lexicon, dozens of studies have been done on the effect of loneliness on people from a wide variety of demographics. The increasing prevalence of loneliness in modern discourse, and an awareness of the hazards that it poses to society, have resulted in a growing number of historians turning to the archives to study the ways in which people of the past might have dealt with this state of being.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	658-660
Number of pages	3
Journal	The Lancet Psychiatry
Volume	8
Issue number	8
Early online date	28 Jun 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(21)00245-5
Publication status	Published - 1 Aug 2021

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