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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 contempor...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wohlmann, Anita, 1979- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2022.
Colección:Contemporary cultural studies in illness, health and medicine.
Temas:
Diseases in literature.
Metaphor in literature.
Literary Studies.
Maladies dans la littérature.
Métaphore dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General.
Diseases in literature
Metaphor in literature
Literary criticism
Literary criticism.
Critiques littéraires.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Metaphor use: Strategies and methods
  • Susan Sontag: Using metaphor "to see more, to hear more, to feel more"
  • Audre Lorde: Stretching, risks and difference
  • Anatole Broyard: A style for being ill; or, metaphor "light"
  • David Foster Wallace's troubled little soldier: Narrative and irony
  • From theory to practice: A method for using metaphor
  • Conclusion.

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