Dementia and literature: interdisciplinary perspectives

by Maginess, Tess

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Title Statements

Full title :Dementia and literature : interdisciplinary perspectives. / edited by Tess Maginess.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:℗♭2018
Edition:1st ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Taylor and Francis
Place of Publication:Milton
Language:eng
Publication Date:℗♭2018

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xiii, 180 pages).

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781351798631, 1351798634
oclc:on1023376267
Dewey Decimal:809.93353

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Notes on contributors -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Entering a new landscape: dementia in literature -- 2 Dementia and symbiosis in Waiting for Godot -- 3 'Poor, bare fork'd animal': the representation of dementia in King Lear -- 4 Representations of dementia in Arabic literature -- 5 Missing pieces: trauma, dementia and the ethics of reading in Elizabeth is missing -- 6 Personal identity and personhood: the role of fiction and biographical accounts in dementia -- 7 Language breakdown and the construction of meaning: linguistic frameworks for readings of dementia in literature -- 8 Beyond shadow and play: different representations of dementia in contemporary Scandinavian literature -- 9 Dementia in recent Indian fiction in English -- 10 Arts and healing: learning from dementia literature -- Index.