Literary Studies and Well-Being reminds us what real interdisciplinary scholarship can do. While interdisciplinarity usually results in the domination of one discipline by another, this book tries to keep literary studies and healthcare in a mutually illuminating equilibrium. Ronald Schleifer channels his literary curiosity into a project enriched by his many years of teaching medical students and conducting research with healthcare professionals.

Configurations

This book is a beautiful discussion of what it means to have lived experiences, how humans use these events to understand the narrative that is their life, and how literature can influence the definition of wellness in our modern society. I would encourage anyone interested in living well or helping others to do so to pick up this book and take the chance to expand their knowledge, deepen their experience, and start a conversation about well-being.

World Literature Today

A fascinating, open-access study from the medical and health humanities that examines the 'worldly work' toward well-being, which both literature and healthcare share ... Schleifer is firmly anchoring literature and literary studies in worldly practices that go far beyond escapist entertainment and upper-class luxury: literature is a fundamental aspect of human well-being.

Anglia