Book contents
- Philip Roth in Context
- Philip Roth in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- A Note on References and Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Life and Literary Contexts
- Part II Critical Contexts
- Part III Geographical Contexts
- Part IV Theoretical Contexts
- Chapter 16 Psychoanalysis
- Chapter 17 Postmodernism
- Chapter 18 Trauma Theory
- Chapter 19 Narrative Medicine
- Part V Jewish American Identity
- Part VI Gender and Sexuality
- Part VII Political Contexts
- Part VIII Roth’s Legacy
- Primary Bibliography
- Selected Secondary Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 19 - Narrative Medicine
from Part IV - Theoretical Contexts
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 July 2021
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Book contents
- Philip Roth in Context
- Philip Roth in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- A Note on References and Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Life and Literary Contexts
- Part II Critical Contexts
- Part III Geographical Contexts
- Part IV Theoretical Contexts
- Chapter 16 Psychoanalysis
- Chapter 17 Postmodernism
- Chapter 18 Trauma Theory
- Chapter 19 Narrative Medicine
- Part V Jewish American Identity
- Part VI Gender and Sexuality
- Part VII Political Contexts
- Part VIII Roth’s Legacy
- Primary Bibliography
- Selected Secondary Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Narrative medicine, a discipline largely built upon literary studies in confluence with healthcare, bridges cultural divides between sufferers and healers and offers a framework for reading and writing illness, person to person and person to text.This chapter discusses Roth's work within this framework, highlighting how his stories of the body – in health, in illness, in pain, in dying – demonstrate radical empathy and humanism.
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- Philip Roth in Context , pp. 194 - 202Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021