Literature and Transformation - A Narrative Study of Life-Changing Reading Experiences

An inquiry into readers' experiences of life-changing encounters with works of literature, the book uncovers the relationships between life-crises, being moved by literature and transformation of the self.

List of contents

Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter One: Introduction; Chapter Two: Intimate Reading: A Narrative Method; Chapter Three: Veronica's Bruise; Chapter Four: Nina's Life- Long Friend Flicka; Chapter Five: Esther's Episode; Chapter Six: Jane's Visionary Reading; Chapter Seven: Sue's Buried Life; Chapter Eight: Reading by Heart: Lexithymia and Transformative Affective Patterns; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Thor Magnus Tangerås is an associate professor of rhetoric at Kristiania University College, Oslo. He teaches courses in rhetoric and narrative methods.

Product details

• Authors: Thor Magnus Tangeras, Thor Magnus Tangerås
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.02.2020
• EAN: 9781785272943
• ISBN: 978-1-78527-294-3
• No. of pages: 238
• Series: Anthem Studies in Bibliotherapy and Well-Being
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Communication science; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading, Communication Studies, Literary Criticism; Psychology