Illness as MetaphorA discussion of the ways in which illness is regarded pays particular attention to fantasies that pertain to cancer |
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User Review - gregorybrown - LibraryThingOutstanding work of criticism and history, one loomed over by the coming AIDS epidemic that started a few years after publication. When the causes and mechanism of disease are mysterious or unknown ... Read full review
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User Review - whitewavedarling - LibraryThingSontag's long essay on the metaphors associated with disease is both necessary and thought-provoking. With a focus on TB and cancer, Sontag presents the developmental history of metaphoric ... Read full review
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| Title | Illness as Metaphor Volume 844 of Vintage book Volume 844 of Vintage international |
| Author | Susan Sontag |
| Publisher | Vintage Books, 1979 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Oct 17, 2007 |
| ISBN | 0394728440, 9780394728445 |
| Length | 85 pages |
| Subjects | › Social Science / General |
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