Reading to Stay Alive: Tolstoy, Hopkins and the Dilemma of Existence

Reading to Stay Alive: Tolstoy, Hopkins and the Dilemma of Existence - Anthem Studies in Bibliotherapy and Well-Being

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Publisher's Synopsis

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.

Book information

ISBN: 9781785278914
Publisher: Anthem Press
Imprint: Anthem Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 418.4019
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 140
Weight: 454g
Height: 229mm
Width: 153mm
Spine width: 26mm