Dossier : Soigner par les lettres La bibliothérapie des Anciens

• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Κεφάλαιο βιβλίου
• Έκδοση: Paris-Athènes Éditions de l'École des hautes études en sciences sociales 2017
• Σειρά: Mètis
• Θέματα: Ancient history: to c 500 CE; bibliotherapy; reading physiology; therapeutic writing; curative reading; greco-roman elite
• Διαθέσιμο Online: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

It is well known that texts and the meditation on texts are a therapy for the soul. In Antiquity, Greek and Roman doctors even considered reading, declaming or creating poetry as remedies for healing the body. This dossier of Mètis explores the paradoxical aspect of these ancient conceptions that l...