Metaphor in Illness Writing: Fight and Battle Reused
by Metaphor in Illness Writing: Fight and Battle Reused
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Metaphor in Illness Writing argues that even when a metaphor appears problematic and limiting, it need not be dropped or dismissed. Metaphors are not inherently harmful or beneficial; instead, they can be used in unexpected and creative ways. This book analyses the illness writing of contemporary North American writers who reimagine and reappropriate the supposedly harmful metaphor 'illness is a fight' and shows how Susan Sontag, Audre Lorde, Anatole Broyard, David Foster Wallace and other writers turn the fight metaphor into a space of agency, resistance, self-knowledge and aesthetic pleasure. It joins a conversation in Medical Humanities about alternatives to the predominance of narrative and responds to the call for more metaphor literacy and metaphor competence.
Product Details
- Edinburgh University Pres Brand
- May 31, 2024 Pub Date:
- 9781399500876 ISBN-13:
- 1399500872 ISBN-10:
- English Language
- 9.21 in * 0.48 in * 6.14 in Dimensions:
- 1 lb Weight:
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