Shaping the Fractured Self: Poetry of Chronic Illness and Pain

by Peter Boyle, Andy Jackson, Fiona Wright, et al.

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1742589316
• ISBN13: 9781742589312
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: University of Western Australia Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"