Metaphor in Illness Writing - Fight and Battle Reused (Hardcover)

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.

General

Imprint:	Edinburgh University Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Contemporary Cultural Studies in Illness, Health and Medicine
Release date:	September 2022
Authors:	Anita Wohlmann
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Unsewn / adhesive bound
Pages:	232
ISBN-13:	978-1-399-50086-9
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > General
LSN:	1-399-50086-4
Barcode:	9781399500869

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