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In Illness as Metaphor, Susan Sontag examines the use of metaphors related to illness—in particular tuberculosis and cancer—throughout several historical eras. The parameters of Illness as Metaphor’s focus are wide, with Sontag citing sources from antiquity, the 18th and 19th centuries, and accounts right up to the time of publication (at one point she criticizes a previous essay of hers ...
One of Sontag’s major contentions throughout Illness as Metaphor is, in fact, that a society’s collective thinking is both shaped and expressed by how a given illness is perceived and ...
Summary. 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 inhibit them from seeking proper treatment. By demystifying the fantasies surrounding cancer ...
8 de abr. de 2020 · Illness as Metaphor, Chapter 7. Cancer is generally thought an inappropriate disease for a romantic character, in contrast to tuberculosis, perhaps because unromantic depression has supplanted the romantic notion of melancholy. “A fitful strain of melancholy,” Poe wrote, “will ever be found inseparable from the perfection of the beautiful.”
1 DUAS DOENÇAS foram, intensamente e de modo similar, sobrecarregadas com ornamentos da metáfora: a tuberculose e o câncer. As fantasias inspiradas pela tuberculose no século passado, e pelo câncer agora,
6 de out. de 2021 · In “Illness as Metaphor,” Sontag shows how the concept of “fight” is used differently for different targets, namely cancer and tuberculosis. Through comparison, she reaches a fuller, more complex understanding of how the fight metaphor is used. Belaboring a metaphor can also involve other strategies. Audre Lorde, for example, wrote ...
4 de mai. de 2010 · Illness as metaphor by Sontag, Susan, 1933-2004. Publication date 1979 Topics Tuberculosis in literature, Cancer in literature, Tuberculose, Kanker, Metaforen
