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Can reading literature really help our mental health? This book shows how and why - not by instruction or prescription but by emotion and exploration. Offering case histories of individual readers and reading groups based on the work of The Reader, a charity dedicated to bringing serious literature...
| Main Authors: | , |
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| Format: | e-Book |
| Language: | English |
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Bingley, U.K. :
Emerald Publishing Limited,
2020.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Arts for health
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| Online Access: | Full-text access |
| Summary: | Can reading literature really help our mental health? This book shows how and why - not by instruction or prescription but by emotion and exploration. Offering case histories of individual readers and reading groups based on the work of The Reader, a charity dedicated to bringing serious literature to neglected communities, the authors showcase how a whole new demographic might get into reading, and in doing so unlock the emotional intelligence and benefits to health and wellbeing which come from our access to written human stories and imagined situations. |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (168 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781838673079 |
| DOI: | 10.1108/9781838673055 |