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192 pages • first pub 1978 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780141187129
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Publication date: 30 November 2002
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Sontag wrote "Illness as Metaphor" in 1978, while suffering from breast cancer herself. In her study, she reveals that the metaphors and myths surrounding certain illnesses, especially cancer, add greatly to the suffering of the patients and often...
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192 pages • first pub 1978 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780141187129
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Publication date: 30 November 2002
Description
Sontag wrote "Illness as Metaphor" in 1978, while suffering from breast cancer herself. In her study, she reveals that the metaphors and myths surrounding certain illnesses, especially cancer, add greatly to the suffering of the patients and often...
Community Reviews
Content Warnings