{"product_id":"king-lear-shakespeares-dark-consolations-9780192846723","title":"King Lear: Shakespeare's Dark Consolations","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eA book on the experience of reading Shakespeare's 'dark plays'.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs part of the My Reading series, \u003cem\u003e King Lear \u003c\/em\u003eis a personal meditation on a great literary work. Arthur Frank brings a career of studying illness experience and suffering to consider how \u003cem\u003eKing Lear\u003c\/em\u003e can aid people whose lives need help. Reading \u003cem\u003eKing Lear\u003c\/em\u003e leads Frank to both an encounter with his own old age and a source of consolation-companionship--in his future. This book does not try to minimize vulnerabilities, but it shows what is fully human, and thus shared, in suffering. The book introduces readers to \u003cem\u003eKing Lear\u003c\/em\u003e, and it invites those who know the play to a new consideration for its ability to affect people's lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArthur W. Frank, \u003cem\u003eProfessor Emeritus, University of Calgary\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eArthur Frank received his doctorate in sociology from Yale in 1975 and spent his career teaching at the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada. After his retirement in 2013, he taught in Norway; throughout his career he has lectured internationally and held visiting professorships in Australia and England. His work has focused on the experience of serious illness, beginning with his memoir, \u003cem\u003eAt the Will of the Body\u003c\/em\u003e and his most cited work, \u003cem\u003eThe Wounded Storyteller\u003c\/em\u003e. His most recent book was \u003cem\u003eLetting Stories Breathe\u003c\/em\u003e (Chicago, 2010). He is an elected member of the Royal Society of Canada and recipient of the Career Achievement Award from the Canadian Bioethics Society.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50389043085586,"sku":"9780192846723","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_fcfabcc0-ee29-4bac-9e3a-221af8dac220.jpg?v=1728914362","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/king-lear-shakespeares-dark-consolations-9780192846723","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}