Rethinking Therapeutic Reading - Lessons From Seneca, Montaigne, Wordsworth and George Eliot

Through a combination of literary criticism and experimental psychology, 'Rethinking Therapeutic Reading' reconsiders the role that serious literary reading might play in the real world, reclaiming literature as a vital tool for dealing with human troubles.

List of contents

Introduction; Part One: Four Models; I. Senecan Tragedy and Stoic Philosophy; II. Therapy and the Essay: Montaigne, after Seneca; III. Therapy and Poetry: Wordsworth, after Seneca; IV. Therapy and the Novel: George Eliot, after Wordsworth; Part Two: Three Experiments; V. Experiment One: First Impressions; VI. Experiment Two: Slowing Down and Tuning In; VII. Experiment Three: Writing Back; Conclusion; Index.

About the author

Kelda Green completed her PhD at the University of Liverpool's Centre for Research into Reading, Literature and Society in 2018.

Product details

• Authors: Kelda Green
• Assisted by: Michael Wood (Foreword)
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2022
• EAN: 9781839985317
• ISBN: 978-1-83998-531-7
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Anthem Studies in Bibliotherapy and Well-Being; Anthem Studies in Bibliotherap
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, Experimental Psychology, LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading, PSYCHOLOGY / Experimental Psychology, Literary studies: general, Literature: history and criticism, Literary Criticism; Psychology