Metaphor in Illness Writing: Fight and Battle Reused

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.

Author: Anita Wohlmann
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 05/31/2024
Series: Contemporary Cultural Studies in Illness, Health and Medicine
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.48d
ISBN: 9781399500876