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Wohlmann Anita <1979-> |
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Metaphor in illness writing : fight and battle reused / / Anita Wohlmann |
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Edinburgh, Scotland : , : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022] |
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©2022 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (226 pages) |
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Collana |
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Contemporary Cultural Studies in Illness, Health and Medicine |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Diseases in literature |
Metaphor in literature |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Series Editor’s Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Metaphor Use: Strategies and Methods -- 2. Susan Sontag: Using Metaphor ‘to see more, to hear more, to feel more’ -- 3. Audre Lorde: Stretching, Risks and Difference -- 4. Anatole Broyard: A Style for Being Ill; or, Metaphor ‘Light’ -- 5. David Foster Wallace’s Troubled Little Soldier: Narrative and Irony -- 6. From Theory to Practice: A Method for Using Metaphor -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Defends conventional and even problematic illness metaphors by emphasizing their varied usability. |
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