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In 1978 Susan Sontag wrote Illness as Metaphor, a classic work described by Newsweek as "one of the most liberating books of its time." A cancer patient herself when she was writing the book, Sontag shows how the metaphors and myths surrounding certain illnesses, especially cancer, add greatly to the suffering of patients and often inhibit them ...
Jan 1, 1978 · Illness As Metaphor. Hardcover – January 1, 1978. by Susan Sontag (Author) 4.4 27 ratings. See all formats and editions. A discussion of the ways in which illness is regarded pays particular attention to fantasies that pertain to cancer. Report an issue with this product or seller. Print length.
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Sep 5, 2023 · This controversial book-length essay by Susan Sontag explores the way in which the figurative language used to describe diseases such as tuberculosis and cancer has often expressed a...
Jan 26, 1978 · My subject is not physical illness itself but the uses of illness as a figure or metaphor. My point is that illness is not a metaphor, and that the most truthful way of regarding illness—and the healthiest way of being ill—is one most purified of, most resistant to, metaphoric thinking.
Aug 25, 2001 · Susan Sontag. Macmillan, Aug 25, 2001 - Biography & Autobiography - 183 pages. Susan Sontag's celebrated essays on cancer and AIDS now available in one volume. In 1978, Sontag wrote...
Illness as Metaphor. Sontag, Susan. Primary Category: Literature / Nonfiction. Genre: Treatise. Annotated by: Coulehan, Jack. Cancer. Disease and Health. Epidemics. History of Medicine. Infectious Disease. Mental Illness. Public Health. Society. Tuberculosis. Date of entry: May-20-1997. Last revised: Aug-29-2006. Summary.
Oct 1, 2013 · Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors. Susan Sontag. Limited preview - 2013. Illness as Metaphor ; And, AIDS and Its Metaphors. Susan Sontag. Snippet view - 1990. View...
