Title Beyond words : illness and the limits of expression / Kathlyn Conway

Published Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 168 pages) Series Literature and medicine series Literature and medicine series (Albuquerque, N.M.) Contents The cultural story of triumph -- Character : the damaged self -- Plot : the disrupted life -- Searching for a language -- Narrative form -- Endings Summary The author, a three-time cancer survivor, believes that the triumphalist approach to writing about illness fails to do justice to the shattering experience of disease. By wrestling with the challenge of writing about the reality of serious illness and injury, she argues, writers can offer a truer picture of the complex relationship between body and mind. -- Provided by publisher Notes Title from PDF title page (viewed on May 14, 2013) Originally published as: Illness and the limits of expression. Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©2007 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-151) and index Subject Chronic diseases -- Psychological aspects. Catastrophic illness -- Psychological aspects Medicine in literature. Health attitudes. Chronic Disease -- psychology Attitude to Health Catastrophic Illness -- psychology Critical Illness -- psychology Medicine in Literature HEALTH & FITNESS -- Holism. HEALTH & FITNESS -- Reference. MEDICAL -- Alternative Medicine. MEDICAL -- Atlases. MEDICAL -- Essays. MEDICAL -- Family & General Practice. MEDICAL -- Holistic Medicine. MEDICAL -- Osteopathy. Health attitudes Catastrophic illness -- Psychological aspects Chronic diseases -- Psychological aspects Medicine in literature Genre/Form Personal narratives Personal narratives. Récits personnels. Form Electronic book Author Conway, Kathlyn. Illness and the limits of expression ISBN 9780826353252 0826353258 1299475469 9781299475465 082635324X 9780826353245

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