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  | | The Wounded Storyteller(2nd Edition) Body, Illness, And Ethics, Second Edition by Arthur W. Frank Paperback, 280 Pages, Published 2013 by University Of Chicago Press ISBN-13: 978-0-226-00497-6, ISBN: 0-226-00497-X "Since it was first published in 1995, The Wounded Storyteller has occupied a unique place in the body of work on illness. Both the collective portrait of a so-called “remission society” of those who suffer from some type of illness or disability and a cogent analysis of their stories within a larger framework of narrative theory, Arthur W. Frank’s book has reached a large and diverse readership including the ill, medical professionals, ..." |
 | | The Renewal of Generosity(1st Edition) Illness, Medicine, and How to Live by Arthur W. Frank, Aw Frank Paperback, 174 Pages, Published 2005 by University Of Chicago Press ISBN-13: 978-0-226-26017-4, ISBN: 0-226-26017-8 "Contemporary health care often lacks generosity of spirit, even when treatment is most efficient. Too many patients are left unhappy with how they are treated, and too many medical professionals feel estranged from the calling that drew them to medicine. Arthur W. Frank tells the stories of ill people, doctors, and nurses who are restoring generosity to medicine—generosity toward others and to themselves. The Renewal of Generosity evok ..." |
 | | The Renewal of Generosity(1st Edition) Illness, Medicine, and How to Live by Arthur W. Frank Hardcover, 166 Pages, Published 2004 by University Of Chicago Press ISBN-13: 978-0-226-26015-0, ISBN: 0-226-26015-1 "Contemporary health care often lacks generosity of spirit, even when treatment is most efficient. Too many patients are left unhappy with how they are treated, and too many medical professionals feel estranged from the calling that drew them to medicine. Arthur W. Frank tells the stories of ill people, doctors, and nurses who are restoring generosity to medicine--generosity toward others and to themselves.The Renewal of Generosity evoke ..." |
 | | At the Will of the Body(Reprint) Reflections on Illness by Arthur W. Frank Paperback, 176 Pages, Published 2002 by Mariner Books Bargain Price ISBN-13: 978-0-618-21929-2, ISBN: 0-618-21929-3 "In this deeply affecting memoir, Arthur W. Frank explores the events of illness from within: the transformation from person to patient, the pain, the wonder,and the ceremony of recovery. To illuminate what illness can teach us about life, Frank draws upon his own encounters with serious illness -- a heart attack at age thirty-nine and, a year later, a diagnosis of cancer. In poignant and clear prose, he offers brilliant insights into wh ..." |
 | | The Wounded Storyteller(1st Edition) Body, Illness, and Ethics by Arthur W. Frank Paperback, 231 Pages, Published 1997 by University Of Chicago Press ISBN-13: 978-0-226-25993-2, ISBN: 0-226-25993-5 "In At the Will of the Body, Arthur Frank told the story of his own illnesses, heart attack and cancer. That book ended by describing the existence of a "remission society," whose members all live with some form of illness or disability. The Wounded Storyteller is their collective portrait.Ill people are more than victims of disease or patients of medicine; they are wounded storytellers. People tell stories to make sense of their sufferi ..." |
 | | At the Will of the Body Reflections on Illness by Arthur W. Frank Paperback, 144 Pages, Published 1991 by Houghton Mifflin Co. ISBN-13: 978-0-395-56188-1, ISBN: 0-395-56188-4 "BOOK NUMBER: 0391; 6-85479. FRONT JACKET DESIGN: Sara Eisenman. CONTENTS: Illness as a Dangerous Opportunity; Becoming Ill; Illness as Incident; Becoming Ill Again; Seeing Through Pain; Mourning What Is Lost; Care Has No Recipe; The Body as Territory and as Wonder; The Cost of Appearances; Chemotherapy and Adventure; The Struggle Is Not a Fight; Stigma; Denial and Affirmation; Comforters and Accusers; Valuing Illness; Listening to the I ..." |
 | | Letting Stories Breathe and#8211; A Socioand#8211;Narratology by Arthur W. Frank, Êarthur W. Frank Hardcover, 224 Pages, Published 2010 by University Of Chicago Press ISBN-13: 978-0-226-26013-6, ISBN: 0-226-26013-5 "For a discussion situating my distinction among the diverse ways that scholars distinguish story, narrative, and event, see Linda C. Garro and Cheryl ..." |
 | | The Wounded Storyteller Body, Illness, and Ethics, Second Edition by Arthur W. Frank 260 Pages, Published 2013 by University Of Chicago Press ISBN-13: 978-0-226-06736-0, ISBN: 0-226-06736-X "Body, Illness, and Ethics, Second Edition Arthur W. Frank. health-care workers, family, and friends often find that story intolerably disruptive to what they know as health. Reynolds Price is especially observant of the desire of family and friends to hear only stories that point back to the person they knew before illness. Their care, Price advises ill people, “is often a brake on the way you must go.”12 Benjamin refrains from att ..." |
 | | Letting Stories Breathe(Reprint) A Socio-Narratology by Arthur W. Frank Paperback, 218 Pages, Published 2012 by University Of Chicago Press ISBN-13: 978-0-226-00483-9, ISBN: 0-226-00483-X "Stories accompany us through life from birth to death. But they do not merely entertain, inform, or distress us—they show us what counts as right or wrong and teach us who we are and who we can imagine being. Stories connect people, but they can also disconnect, creating boundaries between people and justifying violence. In Letting Stories Breathe, Arthur W. Frank grapples with this fundamental aspect of our lives, offering both a theor ..." |
 | | The Wounded Storyteller(1st Edition) Body, Illness, and Ethics by Arthur W. Frank Hardcover, 213 Pages, Published 1995 by University Of Chicago Press ISBN-13: 978-0-226-25992-5, ISBN: 0-226-25992-7 "In At the Will of the Body, Arthur Frank told the story of his own illnesses, heart attack and cancer. That book ended by describing the existence of a "remission society," whose members all live with some form of illness or disability. The Wounded Storyteller is their collective portrait.Ill people are more than victims of disease or patients of medicine; they are wounded storytellers. People tell stories to make sense of their sufferi ..." |
 | | King Lear Shakespeare's Dark Consolations (My Reading) by Frank, Arthur W. Hardcover, 176 Pages, Published 2022 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-284672-3, ISBN: 0-19-284672-8 |
 | | The Silent Movies of W. C. Fields(Illustrated) How They Created The Basis for His Fame in Sound Films (hardback) by Wertheim, Arthur Frank Hard Cover, 272 Pages, Published 2020 by Bearmanor Media ISBN-13: 978-1-62933-592-6, ISBN: 1-62933-592-4 |
 | | Letting Stories Breathe A Socio-Narratology by Arthur W. Frank 224 Pages, Published 2010 by University Of Chicago Press ISBN-13: 978-0-226-26014-3, ISBN: 0-226-26014-3 "Physicians call their storytelling “case presentation,” and she notes that “local variants are minor compared to the ... A number of social scientific studies discussed throughout this book translate literary narratology well beyond the literary. ... discussion of what he might have meant, in his time, at that stage in his work—quoting Bakhtin leads to writing a book ... see Lars-Christer Hydén and Jens Brockmeier, eds., Health, Il ..." |
 | | W. C. Fields from Sound Film and Radio Comedy to Stardom(1st Edition) Becoming a Cultural Icon (Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History) by Arthur Frank Wertheim Hardcover, 361 Pages, Published 2018 by Palgrave Macmillan ISBN-13: 978-1-137-47329-5, ISBN: 1-137-47329-0 "W. C. Fields is known as a virtuoso comedian and legendary iconoclast who gave the gift of laughter to multitudes. As the first author to use the newly-opened Fields Papers at the Academy library, Arthur Frank Wertheim illuminates the comedian’s arduous ascent to stardom during Hollywood's golden age. The book reveals details of Fields’s turbulent private life, from his wife's refusal to divorce, to his estranged son, and to his fleetin ..." |
 | | Flow of Heat Through Pipe Covering by Frank H. Schwartz, Arthur W. Zemke Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 2018 by Sagwan Press ISBN-13: 978-1-376-99489-6, ISBN: 1-376-99489-5 "This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work ..." |
 | | The Silent Movies of W. C. Fields How They Created The Basis for His Fame in Sound Films by Wertheim, Arthur Frank Trade Paperback, Published 2020 by Bearmanor Media ISBN-13: 978-1-62933-591-9, ISBN: 1-62933-591-6 |
 | | W.C. Fields from the Ziegfeld Follies and Broadway Stage to the Screen(Reprint) Becoming a Character Comedian (Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History) by Arthur Frank Wertheim Paperback, 292 Pages, Published 2018 by Palgrave Macmillan ISBN-13: 978-1-349-95695-1, ISBN: 1-349-95695-3 "This book reveals how Fields became a character comedian while performing in Broadway’s most illustrious revue, the Ziegfeld Follies.As the first biography to use the recently opened Fields Papers at the Motion Picture Academy, the book explores how Fields years as a Follies entertainer portraying a beleaguered husband and a captivating conman became a landmark turning point in his career, leading to his fame as a masterful film comedia ..." |
 | | W.C. Fields from the Ziegfeld Follies and Broadway Stage to the Screen(1st Edition) Becoming a Character Comedian (Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History) by Arthur Frank Wertheim Hardcover, 270 Pages, Published 2017 by Palgrave Macmillan ISBN-13: 978-1-349-94985-4, ISBN: 1-349-94985-X "This book reveals how Fields became a character comedian while performing in Broadway’s most illustrious revue, the Ziegfeld Follies.As the first biography to use the recently opened Fields Papers at the Motion Picture Academy, the book explores how Fields years as a Follies entertainer portraying a beleaguered husband and a captivating conman became a landmark turning point in his career, leading to his fame as a masterful film comedia ..." |
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