Rethinking therapeutic reading : lessons from Seneca, Montaigne, Wordsworth and George Eliot / Kelda Green ; with a foreword by Professor Michael Wood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Green, Kelda, author.

Series:

Anthem studies in bibliotherapy and well-being

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 55 B.C.-approximately 39 A.D.

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus.

Montaigne, Michel de, 1533-1592.

Montaigne, Michel de.

Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850.

Wordsworth, William.

Eliot, George, 1819-1880.

Eliot, George.

Literature--Psychological aspects.

Literature.

Reading, Psychology of.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 194 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

London : Anthem Press, 2020.

Summary:

'Rethinking Therapeutic Reading' uses a combination of literary criticism and experimental psychology to examine the ways in which literature can create therapeutic spaces for personal thinking. It reconsiders the role that serious literary reading might play in the real world, reclaiming literature as a vital tool for dealing with human troubles.Part one of the book analyses the work of four representative authors: Seneca, Montaigne, Wordsworth and George Eliot. Part two sets out the results of a series of three practical reading experiments, particularly concerned with reading Wordsworth and George Eliot. Designed to examine what it is that literature can do to and for modern readers, the experiments provide primary evidence to support the argument that serious literary reading has an important and potentially therapeutic function in modern society.

Contents:

Rethinking Therapeutic Reading: Lessons from Seneca, Montaigne, Wordsworth and George Eliot

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 17 Jul 2020).

ISBN:

9781785273834

1785273833

9781785273827

1785273825