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

This book explores how literary reading can enable people considering suicide to stay alive. 

Table des matières

Figures; Acknowledgements; 1. Staying Alive?; 2.Thwarted Belongingness; 3.Escape from Them All and from Myself; 4. Not Choose Not to Be; 5. Points of Transformation; 6. Creating Raisons d'Etre; 7.  Staying Alive;  Index 

A propos de l'auteur

Christopher Dowrick is Emeritus Professor in the University of Liverpool UK, and past chair of the World Organisation of Family Doctors working party for mental health.

Résumé

This book explores how literary reading can enable people considering suicide to stay alive.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Christopher Dowrick
• Edition: Anthem Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 01.03.2024
• EAN: 9781839991813
• ISBN: 978-1-83999-181-3
• Pages: 162
• Thème: Anthem Studies in Bibliotherapy and Well-Being
• Catégories: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Littérature générale et comparée; Sciences naturelles, médecine, informatique, technique > Médecine > Général; MEDICAL / General, PSYCHOLOGY / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, Psychology, Health psychology, Literature: history and criticism, Medicine / Healthcare: general issues / topics, Integrated Motivational-Volitional (IMV) model