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Healing and the Invention of Metaphor: Toward a Poetics of Illness Experience Kirmayer, Laurence J. (McGill University, Montreal)
Healing and the Invention of Metaphor: Toward a Poetics of Illness Experience
Kirmayer, Laurence J. (McGill University, Montreal)
This book presents an integrative approach to the place of language, metaphor, imagination, and symbolic action in illness experience and diverse forms of healing and psychotherapy. It will interest anyone who seeks to better understand how language shapes symptoms and suffering, and how metaphors can help or hinder healing transformations.
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | July 31, 2025 |
| ISBN13 | 9781009617789 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 446 |
| Dimensions | 237 × 162 × 31 mm · 786 g |
| Language | English |