Beyond words : illness and the limits of expression /
Conway, Kathlyn.
Conway, Kathlyn.Illness and the limits of expression.
Albuquerque, N.M. : University of New Mexico Press,
2013, c2007.
"Author Kathlyn Conway, a three-time cancer survivor, believes that the triumphalist approach to writing about illness fails to do justice to the shattering experience of disease. By wrestling with the challenge of writing about the reality of serious illness and injury, she argues, writers can offer a truer picture of the complex relationship between body and mind"--Provided by publisher.
Originally published as hbk.: Illness and the limits of expression. Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2007.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The cultural story of triumph -- Character : the damaged self -- Plot : the disrupted life -- Searching for a language -- Narrative form -- Endings.
"Author Kathlyn Conway, a three-time cancer survivor, believes that the triumphalist approach to writing about illness fails to do justice to the shattering experience of disease. By wrestling with the challenge of writing about the reality of serious illness and injury, she argues, writers can offer a truer picture of the complex relationship between body and mind"--Provided by publisher.
Sick
Patients' writings
Diseases and literature.
Written communication
Chronic diseases
Catastrophic illness
Critically ill
Personality and creative ability.
Health attitudes.
Medicine in literature.