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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788685603321

Autore

Jurecic Ann <1962->

Titolo

Illness as narrative / / Ann Jurecic

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania : , : University of Pittsburgh Press, , 2012

©2012

ISBN

0-8229-7786-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Collana

Pittsburgh Series in Composition, Literacy, and Culture

Disciplina

810.9/3561

Soggetti

American literature - 20th century - History and criticism

Diseases in literature

Autobiography - Authorship

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Illness narratives and the challenge to criticism -- Life narratives in the risk society -- Responding to the pain of others -- Sontag, suffering, and the work of writing -- Theory's aging body -- Reparative reading.