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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452675303321

Autore

Conway Kathlyn

Titolo

Beyond words [[electronic resource] ] : illness and the limits of expression / / Kathlyn Conway

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albuquerque, : University of New Mexico Press, 2013

ISBN

1-299-47546-9

0-8263-5325-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (184 p.)

Collana

Literature and medicine series

Altri autori (Persone)

ConwayKathlyn

Disciplina

610

Soggetti

Sick - Psychology

Patients' writings - History and criticism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published as: Illness and the limits of expression. Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2007.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The cultural story of triumph -- Character : the damaged self -- Plot : the disrupted life -- Searching for a language -- Narrative form -- Endings.

Sommario/riassunto

"Author Kathlyn Conway, 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.