Confronting AIDS Through Literature
Download or Read eBook Confronting AIDS Through Literature PDF written by Judith Laurence Pastore and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Judith Laurence Pastore |
| Publisher | : University of Illinois Press |
| Total Pages | : 142 |
| Release | : 1993 |
| ISBN-10 | : 025201989X |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780252019890 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (9X Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Confronting AIDS Through Literature by : Judith Laurence Pastore
Book excerpt: This anthology offers an array of viewpoints on the use of literature to confront AIDS. In Part 1, the authors (a.o. Michael Denneny, Paul Reed, James W. Jones) chronicle the increasing significance of AIDS in fiction, journalism, drama, and contemporary spirituality. Part 2 offers a sampling of creative writing on AIDS with fragments by a.o. Paul Monette, Melvin Dixon, Joel Redon, David Feinberg. Part 3 shows how AIDS literature can enlighten and energize humanities, composition, and medical students
