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"While the illness narrative is now a staple of the publishing industry, the genre itself has posed a problem for literary studies. What is the role of criticism in relation to personal accounts of suffering? Can these narratives be judged on aesthetic grounds? Are they a collective expression...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jurecic, Ann, 1962-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, ©2012.
©2012
Colección:Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture.
Temas:
1900-1999
Autobiography > Authorship.
Diseases in literature.
American literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Maladies dans la littérature.
Littérature américaine > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
American literature
Autobiography > Authorship
Diseases in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Illness narratives and the challenge to criticism
  • Life narratives in the risk society
  • Responding to the pain of others
  • Sontag, suffering, and the work of writing
  • Theory's aging body
  • Reparative reading.

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