Metaphor in Illness Writing
€ 27,90
Informação do Produto
| ISBN | 9781399500876 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Anita Wohlmann |
| Editora | Edinburgh University Press |
| Formato | Capa mole |
| Número de páginas | 224 |
| Peso (kg) | 0,348 |
| Data de Publicação | 31/05/2024 |
| Preço (iva excl.) | € 26,32 |
| Imposto | € 1,58 |
| Preço (iva inc.) | € 27,90 |
| Disponibilidade | 2 unidades em armazém externo |
Descrição do Produto
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.