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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wohlmann, Anita, 1979- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2022.
Series:Contemporary cultural studies in illness, health and medicine.
Subjects:
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.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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