01962cam a2200349 4500 545743806 TxAuBib 121130s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2012048009 9780826353245 pbk. : alk. paper 082635324X pbk. : alk. paper 9780826353252 electronic 0826353258 electronic DNLM/DLC DLC DLC TxAuBib Conway, Kathlyn. Illness and the limits of expression. Beyond words : illness and the limits of expression / Kathlyn Conway. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2013. xii, 168 p. ; 22 cm. Literature and medicine series Literature and medicine series (Albuquerque, N.M.) Originally published as: Illness and the limits of expression. Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, c2007. Includes bibliographical references and index. The cultural story of triumph -- Character : the damaged self -- Plot : the disrupted life -- Searching for a language -- Narrative form -- Endings. "Author Kathlyn Conway, a three-time cancer survivor, believes that the triumphalist approach to writing about illness fails to do justice to the shattering experience of disease. By wrestling with the challenge of writing about the reality of serious illness and injury, she argues, writers can offer a truer picture of the complex relationship between body and mind"--Provided by publisher. Chronic Disease psychology. Attitude to Health Personal narratives. Catastrophic Illness psychology. Critical Illness psychology. Medicine in Literature Personal narratives. Literature and medicine series. Literature and medicine series (Albuquerque, N.M.)