The Monster and the Mirror : Mental Illness, Magic, and the Stories We Tell / K.J. Aiello.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aiello, K. J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aiello, K. J--Mental health.

Aiello, K. J.

Mentally ill--Canada--Biography.

Mentally ill.

Mental illness--Social aspects.

Mental illness.

Literature and mental illness.

Canada.

Genre:

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (223 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Toronto, Ontario : ECW Press, [2024]

Summary:

A unique blend of memoir, research, and cultural criticism, this is a searing and incisive examination into how we tell stories about mental illness, how that affects how we treat it, and how those with mental illness can begin to take control of their own stories through fantasy and fiction.

Contents:

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Dedication

Introduction

Epigraph

Chapter 1. The Monster and the Mirror

i. In which a monster is born

ii. Set the monster free

iii. The monster is truth

iv. The monster is the author

Chapter 2. The Druid and His Daughter

i. A truth that is only true by one’s own defined logic

ii. A make-believe world where anything is possible

Chapter 3. What Is Evil? And Other Othering Questions

i. The dragon as a protector

ii. The self splits

Chapter 4. The Ghosts of These Empty Halls

i. The house of mental illness

ii. Mental illness as a metaphorical ghost

iii. The nightmare

iv. Horror gives us a vocabulary

v. I was right here, and you didn’t see me

Chapter 5. Magical Rings, Rain, and Fireflies

i. There’s naught left in him but lies and deceit.

Chapter 6. A World to Fall Into

i. The choice of death

ii. What, then, is a good death?

iii. What, then, is a good life?

Chapter 7. Am I Brave Enough?

i. Controlling the danger

ii. Become your own brilliant bomb Generated by AI.

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Other Format:

Print version: Aiello, K. J. The Monster and the Mirror

ISBN:

9781778522666

OCLC:

1453197563