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Although centrally focused on varieties of friendship and love in
Troilus and Criseyde, the discussion in Chaucer's Neoplatonism
includes the dream visions as well as aspects of The Canterbury
Tales. It lays out Chaucer's Boethian-inspired, cognitive approach,
drawn mainly from Book V of the Consolatio, to whatever subject he
treats. Far from courting skepticism, Chaucer gathers many variants
of such matters as love, friendship, and community within a
meditative mode that assess better and worse instances. He does so
to illuminate a fuller sense of the forms that respectively
underlie particular manifestations of love, joy, friendship or
community. That process is both cognitive and aesthetic in that
beauty and truth appear more fully as one assess both better and
worse instances of an idea or of an experience. Chapters on the
dream visions establish Chaucer's reasonable belief in the
truth-value of fictions, however grounded on exaggerated and mixed
tidings of truth and falsehood. Chapters on Troilus and Criseyde
examine relationships between the main characters given the place
of noble friendship within an initially promising but then tragic
love story. The drama of those relationships become Chaucer's major
claim to fame before the tales of Canterbury, where, for meditative
purposes, he gathers various gestures toward community among the
dramatically interacting pilgrims, while also exploring the
dynamics of reconciliation.
Although centrally focused on varieties of friendship and love in
Troilus and Criseyde, the discussion in Chaucer's Neoplatonism
includes the dream visions as well as aspects of The Canterbury
Tales. It lays out Chaucer's Boethian-inspired, cognitive approach,
drawn mainly from Book V of the Consolatio, to whatever subject he
treats. Far from courting skepticism, Chaucer gathers many variants
of such matters as love, friendship, and community within a
meditative mode that assess better and worse instances. He does so
to illuminate a fuller sense of the forms that respectively
underlie particular manifestations of love, joy, friendship or
community. That process is both cognitive and aesthetic in that
beauty and truth appear more fully as one assess both better and
worse instances of an idea or of an experience. Chapters on the
dream visions establish Chaucer's reasonable belief in the
truth-value of fictions, however grounded on exaggerated and mixed
tidings of truth and falsehood. Chapters on Troilus and Criseyde
examine relationships between the main characters given the place
of noble friendship within an initially promising but then tragic
love story. The drama of those relationships become Chaucer's major
claim to fame before the tales of Canterbury, where, for meditative
purposes, he gathers various gestures toward community among the
dramatically interacting pilgrims, while also exploring the
dynamics of reconciliation.
The book was envisioned by bedside nurses caring for transplant and
cellular therapy patients as a way to teach novice nurses and
health care colleagues about the care required for this complex
patient population. The nurse authors recruited an oncology nurse
practitioner, transplant physician, nurse scientist and expert in
medical humanities and health studies to join the project team. The
dedication of the team and the willingness of the patients to
contribute to the project, has led to a unique case study approach
focused on the lived experience of patients and care partner(s)
during the transplant/cellular therapy journey. The case studies
are unique in that they encompass a qualitative narrative developed
using Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) and the
inclusion of the individual's actual medical and nursing care from
their health record. At every step along the trajectory of the
illness, the medications and care received are described,
interspersed with the voice of the patient and care partner(s)
sharing their experiences. The chapters follow the individual
patients and their care partner(s) through all phases of their
illness. The interviews were conducted, and case studies written by
the bedside clinical nurses. Visual art and prose created by
patients and care partner(s)s are included in the chapters. The
book also includes an introduction written by the nurse authors, a
methods chapter on the inclusion of IPA in a case study, and
poignant epilogue. The premise of nursing support for survivorship
is woven throughout the book, highlighting how giving back aids in
recovery identity. This book, full of beautiful artworks and poems,
is the work of clinical nurses devoted to improving care for their
patients by sharing the patient stories with others. It introduces
a unique approach to the case study which could be replicated and
applied to any diagnosis.
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