{"product_id":"9781399500876-metaphor-in-illness-writing","title":"Metaphor in Illness Writing","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFight and Battle Reused\u003cbr\u003eDefends conventional and even problematic illness metaphors by emphasizing their varied usability.\u003cbr\u003eMetaphor 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41602648572001,"sku":"9781399500876","price":20.91,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_39361843_cde6c525-85ef-4d0f-9b9e-6fb2a1c83b34.jpg?v=1767839842","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781399500876-metaphor-in-illness-writing","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}