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Reading to Stay Alive: Tolstoy, Hopkins and the Dilemma of Existence

Reading to Stay Alive: Tolstoy, Hopkins and the Dilemma of Existence

Dowrick, Christopher

Paperback

Series: Anthem Studies in Bibliotherapy and Well-Being

Medical ReferenceLiterary CriticismGeneral Psychology

ISBN10: 183999181X
ISBN13: 9781839991813
Publisher: Anthem Press
Published: Mar 12 2024
Pages: 162
Weight: 0.54
Height: 0.37 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

The book begins with rich descriptions of the experience of despair, drawn from real life case studies from the author's clinical practice, and a review of current evidence of suicide prevalence, risk and protective factors. A review of theories about suicide highlights two contemporary explanatory models: Integrated Motivational-Volitional (IMV) model, with focus on perceptions of defeat and entrapment; and Interpersonal Theory (IPT), with focus on thwarted belongingness and perceived burdensomeness. The book provides an overview of recent analyses of how literary and poetic texts confront the dilemma of existence in the face of grief and loss, and how literary readings can act as points of transformation.

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