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Author: Philip Davis (Emeritus Professor of English Literature, formerly Director of CRILS (Centre for Research into Reading, Literature and Society), University of Liverpool)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 16.00cm
, Height: 2.30cm
, Length: 23.20cm
Weight: 0.676kg
ISBN: 9780198815983
ISBN 10: 0198815980
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 12 February 2020
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Out of stock
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Reviews
Davis' subjects have often tried many forms of therapy over many years, and he persuasively argues that literature, with its unpredictable and powerful effects, can help people break out of the rote narratives that therapy can inculcate, and make new and transformative discoveries. Davis, a professor of literature and psychology, trains his critical eye just as closely on the transcripts of the group sessions and interviews as on the literary works, many of which are included in part or in full. * Joanna Scutts, Times Literary Supplement * Powerful and urgent, Reading for Life by Philip Davis shows how poetry and fiction can make a difference. * Marina Warner, President of the Royal Society of Literature * With its extraordinary mix of literature, neuroscience, history, and case studies, this beautifully written book exemplifies the alchemy that can happen when words come to life on the page. Reading can change the trajectory of a life, which changes our society, which propels our future species. Philip Davis shows us why this is so. * Maryanne Wolf, Director at Center for Dyslexia, Diverse Learners, and Social Justice *
Powerful and urgent, Reading for Life by Philip Davis shows how poetry and fiction can make a difference. * Marina Warner, President of the Royal Society of Literature *
Author Information
Philip Davis is Emeritus Professor of English Literature at the University of Liverpool. Reading for Life is an account of the work done by his research unit, the Centre for Research into Reading, Literature and Society (CRILS) in partnership with outreach charity The Reader since 2008. He is author of works on Shakespeare, Samuel Johnson, George Eliot, Bernard Malamud, and on the uses of memory from Wordsworth to Lawrence, and has written various books on literary reading. He is editor of OUP's series The Literary Agenda on the role of literature in the world of the twenty-first century and a new series entitled My Reading.
