Shattered subjects
Suzette A. Henke · 1998
Where to buy
Check today’s price on Amazon. We do not show prices because they change daily.
View on AmazonAffiliate link. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.
About the book
In this book, Suzette A. Henke finds evidence that women often use writing in order to heal the wounds of psychological trauma. She terms this method "scriptotherapy," the process of writing out and writing through traumatic experience in the mode of therapeutic re-enactment. Shattered Subjects explores the autobiographical writings of six twentieth-century women authors who experienced life-shattering trauma and used their writings as a means for survival and healing.
First sentence: "Is anyone imagining as he reads me, that I'm portraying myself?" Colette asks in Break of Day.
Book details
- Year
- 1998
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Editions
- 1
- Pages
- 240
- ISBN
- 9780312230982
Data source: Wikidata
