Literature of Loss and Healing considers the value of literature and life writing across the disciplines embraced by thanatology and in practices from health care to therapy to education to self-care. It demystifies literary works and offers them as accessible and viable resources for professionals (and the people served by professionals) to use in understanding and coping with illness, dying, caregiving, and grief. The works discussed in the book and accompanying cd are useful regardless of readers' familiarity with literary terminology, theoretical constructs, or analytical strategies. Some of the works covered will be familiar to many; others not. Some of the approaches described have been well tested; others may be a leap into the unknown. However, the book offers all readers--including both thanatologists and those who are themselves ill or caregiving or grieving--a route into a remarkable literary landscape and the tools to tap into its healing and restorative properties.
- ISBN13 9780415880121
- Publish Date 15 March 2015
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Imprint Routledge
- Format Paperback
- Pages 352
- Language English