Khatereh Pourhasan

[ 1 ] - Analyzing the Effect of Poetry on Decreasing Depression and Increasing Optimism

Poetry is one of the seven arts and critics have always attended to its aesthetic features. The greatest modern scientific achievement of literature has been the discovery of the therapeutic quality of poetry. Poetry therapy as a new treatment for patients suffering from depression began in the US where it produced positive results. In this article, the authors investigate poetry in a different...