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Author Sontag, Susan, 1933-2004.

Title Illness as metaphor ; and AIDS and its metaphors / Susan Sontag.

Publication Info. New York, N.Y. : Picador : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1990.

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Location Call No. Status
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  306.461 SON    On Holdshelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  306.461 SONTAG    Check Shelf
Description 183 pages ; 21 cm
Note Reprint (1st work). Originally published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1978.
Reprint (2nd work). Originally published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1989.
"First combined edition of Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors published by Anchor Books, Doubleday."--T.p. verso.
Summary Two essays address how the myths surrounding certain illnesses, especially cancer and AIDS, can add to a patient's suffering and even inhibit someone from seeking treatment.
Subject AIDS (Disease) -- Social aspects.
Metaphor.
Tuberculosis in literature.
Cancer in literature.
AIDS (Disease) -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst00793952
Cancer in literature. (OCoLC)fst00845589
Metaphor. (OCoLC)fst01018283
Tuberculosis in literature. (OCoLC)fst01158569
Added Author Sontag, Susan, 1933-2004. AIDS and its metaphors.
Added Title Illness as metaphor ; AIDS and its metaphors
ISBN 0312420137 (paperback)
9780312420130 (paperback)
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