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Shaping The Fractured Self

Poetry of Chronic Illness and Pain

Heather Taylor Johnson

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English
Giramondo Publishing
01 May 2017
Of course not all great art has its genesis in pain, and not all pain – not even a fraction – leads to the partial consolations of art. But if lancing an abscess is the surest way to healing, can poetry offer that same cleansing of emotional wounds? 

Shaping the Fractured Self showcases twenty-eight of Australia's finest poets who happen to live with chronic illness and pain. The autobiographical short essays, in conjunction with the three poems from each of the poets, capture the body in trauma in its many and varied moods. Because those who live with chronic illness and pain experience shifts in their relationship to it on a yearly, monthly or daily basis, so do the words they use to describe it.

Shaping the Fractured Self gives voice to sufferers, carers, medical practitioners and researchers, building understanding in a community of caring.

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Imprint:   Giramondo Publishing
Country of Publication:   Australia
Dimensions:   Height: 234mm,  Width: 153mm,  Spine: 13mm
Weight:   300g
ISBN:   9781742589312
ISBN 10:   1742589316
Pages:   250
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

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