Critical Essay by Maggie Scarf
Sontag's Illness as Metaphor is a message sent to us from someone who has sojourned in what she calls "the kingdom of the sick." It is not, however...
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Critical Essay by Anthony Clare
The use of metaphors for illness and disease forms the subject of Susan Sontag's remarkable little book [Illness as Metaphor]…. (p. 294)
One can be cr...
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In the following review, Roudiez contends that AIDS and Its Metaphors is not as cohesive as Illness as Metaphor, but contends that the new essay effectively clarifies confusing facts and misconception...
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SWIMMING IN A SEA OF DEATH By David Rieff Simon & Schuster, 179 pages, $21
There’s something obscene about sitting at a desk, in a chair that corrects the posture, sipping warm...
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Critical Essay by Maggie Scarf
Rieff’s Grief: Sontag’s Son, On Her Death
