Metaphor in illness writing : : fight and battle reused / / Anita Wohlmann.

• VerfasserIn: Wohlmann, Anita, 1979-
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh, Scotland : : Edinburgh University Press,, [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Contemporary Cultural Studies in Illness, Health and Medicine Ser.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (226 pages)
• Other title: 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
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9781399500883
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Anita Wohlmann.

Defends conventional and even problematic illness metaphors by emphasizing their varied usability.