Beyond words : illness and the limits of expression /
Conway, Kathlyn.
Beyond words : illness and the limits of expression / Kathlyn Conway. - 1 online resource (xii, 168 pages) - Literature and medicine series . - Literature and medicine series (Albuquerque, N.M.) .
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.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-151) and index.
The cultural story of triumph -- Character : the damaged self -- Plot : the disrupted life -- Searching for a language -- Narrative form -- Endings.
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.
9780826353252 0826353258 1299475469 9781299475465 082635324X 9780826353245
478796 MIL
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
Maladies chroniques--Aspect psychologique.
Maladies graves--Aspect psychologique.
Médecine dans la littérature.
Attitudes à l'égard de la santé.
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
Personal Narrative
Personal narratives
Personal narratives.
Récits personnels.
RC108
610
WT 500
Beyond words : illness and the limits of expression / Kathlyn Conway. - 1 online resource (xii, 168 pages) - Literature and medicine series . - Literature and medicine series (Albuquerque, N.M.) .
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.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-151) and index.
The cultural story of triumph -- Character : the damaged self -- Plot : the disrupted life -- Searching for a language -- Narrative form -- Endings.
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.
9780826353252 0826353258 1299475469 9781299475465 082635324X 9780826353245
478796 MIL
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
Maladies chroniques--Aspect psychologique.
Maladies graves--Aspect psychologique.
Médecine dans la littérature.
Attitudes à l'égard de la santé.
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
Personal Narrative
Personal narratives
Personal narratives.
Récits personnels.
RC108
610
WT 500