Shattered Subjects: Trauma and Testimony in Women's Life-Writing - Couverture souple

Henke, Suzette A.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0312230982 ISBN 13 : 9780312230982

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 2000

Synopsis

Shattered Subjects In this important book, Suzette Henke finds evidence that women often use writing in order to heal the wounds of psychological trauma. She terms this method "scriptotherapy," the process of writing out and writing through traumatic experience in the mode of therapeutic re-enactment. Shattered Subjects explores the autobiographical writings of six twentieth-century women authors--Colette, Hilda Doo... Full description

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

In this important book, Suzette Henke finds evidence that women often use writing in order to heal the wounds of psychological trauma. She terms this method "scriptotherapy," the process of writing out and writing through traumatic experience in the mode

Biographie de l'auteur :

Suzette A. Henke is Thruston B. Morton Professor of Literary Studies at the University of Louisville.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Palgrave Macmillan
• Date d'édition: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0312230982
• ISBN 13: 9780312230982
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 240