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Reading to Stay Alive: Tolstoy, Hopkins and the Dilemma of Existence (Anthem Studies in Bibliotherapy and Well-being) - Softcover

Buch 2 von 7: Anthem Studies in Bibliotherapy and Well-Being

Dowrick, Christopher

 
9781839991813: Reading to Stay Alive: Tolstoy, Hopkins and the Dilemma of Existence (Anthem Studies in Bibliotherapy and Well-being)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 183999181X ISBN 13: 9781839991813
Verlag: Anthem Press, 2024

Inhaltsangabe

The book begins with rich descriptions of the experience of despair, drawn from real life case studies from the author’s clinical practice, and a review of current evidence of suicide prevalence, risk and protective factors. A review of theories about suicide highlights two contemporary explanatory models: Integrated Motivational-Volitional (IMV) model, with focus on perceptions of defeat and entrapment; and Interpersonal Theory (IPT), with focus on thwarted belongingness and perceived burdensomeness. The book provides an overview of recent analyses of how literary and poetic texts confront the dilemma of existence in the face of grief and loss, and how literary readings can act as points of transformation.

This book explores how literary reading can enable people considering suicide to stay alive. Written by an academic general practitioner with longstanding expertise in mental health, the book is grounded in the lived experience of patients, intertwined with perspectives from social psychology and moral philosophy. At its heart are reflective descriptions of the author’s encounters with Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina, and the Terrible Sonnets of Gerard Manley Hopkins, illuminating the therapeutic potential of recursive interactions between literature and experience.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Christopher Dowrick is Emeritus Professor in the University of Liverpool UK, and past chair of the World Organisation of Family Doctors working party for mental health.

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Verlag
Anthem Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2024
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
183999181X
ISBN 13 
9781839991813
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
162
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