Rethinking Therapeutic Reading: Lessons from Seneca, Montaigne, Wordsworth and George Eliot

By Kelda Green

Book Overview

'Rethinking Therapeutic Reading' uses a combination of literary criticism and experimental psychology to examine the ways in which literature can create therapeutic spaces in which to do personal thinking. It reconsiders the role that serious literary reading might play in the real world, reclaiming literature as a vital tool for dealing with human troubles.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1839985313
• ISBN13: 9781839985317
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"