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This is an accomplished book on an important and pressing topic, advancing a striking analysis of the complex phenomenon of chronic pain. It also attests to the importance of the medical humanities in addressing urgent questions that medical science alone cannot resolve. -- Ulrika Maude, Professor of Modern Literature and Director of the Centre for Health, Humanities and Science, University of Bristol, UK An exciting new contemplative-style approach to treating chronic pain—and much more. This book is rooted in empirical research and breaks new ground in areas of embodiment and group development, exploring the power of reading great literature aloud—both fiction and poetry—to bring readers together to a place of healing. -- Donald McCown, Professor of Public Health Sciences and Director of the Center for Contemplative Studies, West Chester University of Pennsylvania, USA

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Josie Billington is Professor in English Literature at the University of Liverpool, UK. She has edited and published extensively on Victorian women's fiction and poetry including 21st Century Oxford Authors: Elizabeth Barrett Browning, George Eliot's Scenes of Clerical Life, Elizabeth Gaskell's Wives and Daughters, and Margaret Oliphant's The Ladies Lindores. She has also led multiple inter-disciplinary studies on the value of literary reading for health. Her publications in this field include Is Literature Healthy? (Oxford University Press, 2016) and Reading and Mental Health (Palgrave, 2019).

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