An edition of Illness as metaphor (1978)

Illness as metaphor

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An edition of Illness as metaphor (1978)

Illness as metaphor

1st Vintage Books ed.
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In 1978, while recovering from cancer, Susan Sontag wrote Illness as metaphor, the celebrated essay on the invented and often punitive uses of illness in our culture. It was not surprising that a decade later, after the advent of AIDS, Sontag felt compelled to write a sequel that would counter the almost universal labeling of AIDS as a "plague". Published together in one volume these works are brimming with humane and original ideas about disease and the modern condition.

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Vintage Books
Language
English
Pages
85

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Cover of: Illness as metaphor ; and, AIDS and its metaphors
Illness as metaphor ; and, AIDS and its metaphors
1990, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Picador USA
in English - 1st Picador USA ed.
Cover of: Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors
Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors
December 1, 1989, Anchor
in English
Cover of: Illness as metaphor
Illness as metaphor
1979, Vintage Books
in English - 1st Vintage Books edition.
Cover of: Illness as metaphor
Illness as metaphor
1979, Vintage Books
in English - 1st Vintage Books ed.
Cover of: Illness as metaphor
Illness as metaphor
1978, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
in English

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New York
Copyright Date
1978

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
306.4/61, 809/.933/5
Library of Congress
PN56.T82 S6 1979

The Physical Object

Pagination
85 p. ;
Number of pages
85

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL24741703M
Internet Archive
illnessasmetapho00sont
ISBN 10
0394728440
ISBN 13
9780394728445
LCCN
78023537
OCLC/WorldCat
4493850

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Work ID
OL496481W

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