How to Read to Cure Yourself
from Open Book Hosted by Michael Ullyot
Today’s topic is bibliotherapy, or “literary remedies for the mind and body,” as Ella Berthoud and Susan Elderkin write. They’re the authors of The Novel Cure (published 2013), a clever reference book of mental and physical ailments that readers can treat by reading novels, which offer either cure or consolation.
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