Poetics of Palliation - Romantic Literary Therapy, 17901850

The Poetics of Palliation argues that Romanticism developed richer literary therapies than its contemporary reception remembers. By reading Romantic writers against Georgian medical ethics, Poetics recovers their models of literature as comfort and sustenance, challenging a health humanities tradition that sees literary therapy primarily as cure.

Info autore

Brittany Pladek is Assistant Professor of English, Marquette University.

Riassunto

The Poetics of Palliation argues that Romanticism developed richer literary therapies than its contemporary reception remembers. By reading Romantic writers against Georgian medical ethics, Poetics recovers their models of literature as comfort and sustenance, challenging a health humanities tradition that sees literary therapy primarily as cure.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Birttany Pladek, Brittany Pladek
• Editore: Liverpool University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.07.2019
• EAN: 9781786942210
• ISBN: 978-1-78694-221-0
• Pagine: 296
• Serie: Romantic Reconfigurations: Studies in Literature and Culture 1780-1850; Romantic Reconfigurations Stud; Romantic Reconfigurations: Studies in Literature and Culture 1780-1850; Romantic Reconfigurations Stud
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata