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Arthur W. Frank - King Lear, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

King Lear

Shakespeare's Dark Consolations

Av Arthur W. Frank

Del i serien My Reading

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A book on the experience of reading Shakespeare's 'dark plays'.As part of the My Reading series, King Lear is a personal meditation on a great literary work. Arthur W. Frank brings a career of studying illness and suffering to consider how King Lear can aid people whose lives need help. Reading King Lear leads Frank to an encounter with his own old age and provides a source of consolation and companionship. This book does not try to minimize vulnerabilities, but it shows what is fully human, and thus shared, in suffering. The book introduces readers to King Lear and it invites those who know the play to a new consideration for its ability to affect people's lives.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2026-07-24
  • Mått: 138 x 216 x 11 mm
  • Vikt: 199 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Serie: My Reading
  • Antal sidor: 166
  • Förlag: OUP OXFORD
  • ISBN: 9780198995326
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Arthur W. Frank received his doctorate in sociology from Yale in 1975 and spent his career teaching at the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada. After his retirement in 2013, he taught in Norway; throughout his career he has lectured internationally and held visiting professorships in Australia, England, and Japan. His work has focused on the experience of serious illness, beginning with his memoir, At the Will of the Body, and his most cited work, The Wounded Storyteller. His most recent book was Letting Stories Breathe (2010). He is an elected member of the Royal Society of Canada and recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Canadian Bioethics Society.

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In the capable hands of Arthur Frank, to read Shakespeare's King Lear turns out to be a matter of care. This is careful reading at its best: attentive, patient and generous. No grand conclusions, but insights that touch the heart and mind. The Shakespearean consolation that the book brings, rings true: not the sugary com fort of false hope, but deep truths of what it means to be human.

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