A Healing Art: Regeneration Through Autobiography (Paperback)

Originally published in 1990. Many post-World War I autobiographies focus on episodes of crisis. In a century torn by global strife and breakdown of cultural institutions, autobiography provides a way of recovering from crisis and restructuring reality-a healing act that involves the writer in a "wrestle with words and meanings" that can be deeply regenerative. Narration can be a way of purging guilt and pain, re-centering the self, and reconnecting with community after a shattering experience has driven one into silence and isolation. This book considers the problems, such as finding words for the inexplicable, the narrative perspective chosen and the traditional forms or narrative structures as means of re-patterning consciousness. It looks at seven autobiographies as crisis narratives and demonstrates how therapy and art merge in autobiography so that the literature acts back upon life. Works considered: Vera Brittain's Testament of Youth; Elie Wiesel's Night; Christa Wolf's Kinheitsmuster (A Model Childhood); C. S. Lewis' A Grief Observed; Peter Handke's Wunschloses Unglueck (A Sorrow Beyond Dreams); Adrienne Rich's Of Woman Born; Robert Prisig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Library Editions: Autobiography
Release date:	July 2017
First published:	1990
Authors:	Marilyn Chandler McEntyre
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	206
ISBN-13:	978-1-138-94196-0
Categories:	Books > Health, Home & Family > General Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > General Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Social, group or collective psychology Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > General Books > Social sciences > Psychology > Philosophy & theory of psychology > General Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Clinical psychology > Psychotherapy Books > Medicine > Nursing & ancillary services > Occupational therapy > Creative therapy (eg art, music, drama) Books > Medicine > General issues > Public health & preventive medicine > Personal & public health > General Books > Biography > General Promotions
LSN:	1-138-94196-4
Barcode:	9781138941960

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