The Poetics of Palliation
| Author | : Brittany Pladek |
| Publisher | : Liverpool University Press |
| Total Pages | : 296 |
| Release | : 2019-05-24 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9781786942838 |
| ISBN-13 | : 1786942836 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (38 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Poetics of Palliation by : Brittany Pladek
Download or read book The Poetics of Palliation written by Brittany Pladek and published by Liverpool University Press. This book was released on 2019-05-24 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
