King Lear: Shakespeare's Dark Consolations

Author:   Arthur W. Frank (Professor Emeritus, University of Calgary)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
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9780192846723


Pages:   176
Publication Date:   25 August 2022
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Arthur W. Frank (Professor Emeritus, University of Calgary)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.30cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.40cm
Weight:   0.320kg
ISBN:  

9780192846723


ISBN 10:   0192846728
Pages:   176
Publication Date:   25 August 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Prologue: A Tale of Two Families Vulnerable Reading The Unravelling The Refuge of Second Selves The Lost, the Mad, and the Image of Horror Reconciliations Living With an Unpromised End How King Lear Helps Tragic Sharing Coda: In Place of the Jig

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Arthur 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 and England. 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 (Chicago, 2010). He is an elected member of the Royal Society of Canada and recipient of the Career Achievement Award from the Canadian Bioethics Society.

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