Reading during coronavirus: books can be triggering, but difficult texts teach us resilience, too

Kate Douglas; Kylie Cardell

Reading during coronavirus: books can be triggering, but difficult texts teach us resilience, too

Kate Douglas, Kylie Cardell

College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

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We teach English at university. Our weekly engagements include navigating unnerving plot twists, falling in and out of love with iconic characters, and evaluating the complexities of language and genre.

Original language	English
Number of pages	5
Specialist publication	The Conversation
Publication status	Published - 20 Jul 2020

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Literature
Reading
English Literature
Trauma
English

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