02418nam 2200601Ia 450 991077956070332120230803020544.01-299-47546-90-8263-5325-8(CKB)2550000001019855(EBL)1172734(SSID)ssj0000876896(PQKBManifestationID)11435874(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000876896(PQKBWorkID)10904446(PQKB)10276774(MiAaPQ)EBC1172734(OCoLC)842963733(MdBmJHUP)muse25268(Au-PeEL)EBL1172734(CaPaEBR)ebr10689949(CaONFJC)MIL478796(EXLCZ)99255000000101985520121130d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBeyond words[electronic resource] illness and the limits of expression /Kathlyn ConwayAlbuquerque University of New Mexico Press20131 online resource (184 p.)Literature and medicine seriesOriginally published as: Illness and the limits of expression. Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2007.0-8263-5324-X Includes bibliographical references and index.The cultural story of triumph -- Character : the damaged self -- Plot : the disrupted life -- Searching for a language -- Narrative form -- Endings."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.Literature and medicine series (Albuquerque, N.M.)SickPsychologyPatients' writingsHistory and criticismSickPsychology.Patients' writingsHistory and criticism.610Conway Kathlyn1506850Conway Kathlyn1506850MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910779560703321Beyond words3737247UNINA