An edition of Illness as metaphor (1978)

Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors

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An edition of Illness as metaphor (1978)

Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors

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  • ★★★★ 4.2 (4 ratings) ·
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192

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AIDS (Disease), Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Cancer, Cancer in literature, Literature, Medicine in literature, Metaphor, Neoplasms, Religious aspects, Religious aspects of Cancer, Social aspects, Social aspects of AIDS (Disease), Tuberculosis, Tuberculosis and literature, Tuberculosis in literature, Metaforen, Tuberculose, Kanker, Literatur, Krebs, Cancer dans la littérature, Metapher, Tuberkulose, Tuberculose dans la littérature, Diseases in literature, Folklore, Attitude to Health, Attitude to Death, Sick, Fiction, short stories (single author)

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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
Cover of: Illness as metaphor
Illness as metaphor
1978, Farrar, Straus and Giroux

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"Two diseases have been spectacularly, and similarly, encumbered by the trappings of metaphor: tuberculosis and cancer."

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OL7438476M
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0385267053
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9780385267052
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27808
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