Rethinking Therapeutic Reading (eBook)

Lessons from Seneca, Montaigne, Wordsworth and George Eliot

Kelda Green (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2020
208 Seiten
Anthem Press (Verlag)
978-1-78527-383-4 (ISBN)

Infos

Through a combination of literary criticism and experimental psychology, ‘Rethinking Therapeutic Reading’ reconsiders the role that serious literary reading might play in the real world, reclaiming literature as a vital tool for dealing with human troubles. 

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‘Rethinking Therapeutic Reading’ uses a combination of literary criticism and experimental psychology to examine the ways in which literature can create therapeutic spaces in which to do personal thinking. It reconsiders the role that serious literary reading might play in the real world, reclaiming literature as a vital tool for dealing with human troubles. 

Autor

lt;p>Kelda Green completed her PhD at the University of Liverpool’s Centre for Research into Reading, Literature and Society in 2018.

Inhalt

Introduction; Part One: Four Models; I. Senecan Tragedy and Stoic Philosophy; II. Therapy and the Essay: Montaigne, after Seneca; III. Therapy and Poetry: Wordsworth, after Seneca; IV. Therapy and the Novel: George Eliot, after Wordsworth; Part Two: Three Experiments; V. Experiment One: First Impressions; VI. Experiment Two: Slowing Down and Tuning In; VII. Experiment Three: Writing Back; Conclusion; Index.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 9.6.2020
• Reihe/Serie: Anthem Studies in Bibliotherapy and Well-Being
• Vorwort: Michael Wood
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Gewicht: 454 g
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
• ISBN-10: 1-78527-383-3 / 1785273833
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78527-383-4 / 9781785273834