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About this title: These two influential essays--ILLNESS AS METAPHOR (1978) and its sequel from a decade later, AIDS AND ITS METAPHORS--tackle the uncomfortable subject of disease, and specifically the metaphors we use to try to come to terms with it. Dealing not only with AIDS but also with tuberculosis, syphilis, and cancer, Sontag makes a case for the necessity of metaphor as both a distancing ploy and a way to understanding. However, as a cancer sufferer herself (a disease from which she died in 2004), she also points out that such myth-making can be destructive for the victims of disease--that views of ...
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Illness as Metaphor and Aids and Its Metaphors
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Sontag, Susan
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ISBN-13: 9780385267052
ISBN: 0385267053
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Illness as Metaphor and Aids and Its Metaphors
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Sontag, Susan
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN-13: 9780385267052
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Description: Good. 0385267053 Visible shelf wear--may have some notes/markings on pages. read more
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Illness as Metaphor and Aids and Its Metaphors
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Susan Sontag
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Anchor
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13: 9780385267052
ISBN: 0385267053
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Illness as Metaphor
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Susan Sontag
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Date Published: 1978
ISBN-13: 9780374174439
ISBN: 0374174431
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Dust Jacket may have chips and close tears. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Good. read more
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Illness as Metaphor and Aids and Its Metaphors
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Sontag, Susan
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Edition: No Edition Stated
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Anchor Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13: 9780385267052
ISBN: 0385267053
Description: Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Highlighting and underlining throughout. Shelf wear to wraps. Stickers to spine. Solid reading copy. read more
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Illness as Metaphor
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Susan Sontag
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Date Published: 1978
ISBN-13: 9780374174439
ISBN: 0374174431
Description: Good. Ex-library w/markings, card pocket and stickers inside covers and outside of pages. No other marks in text. Dust jacket with clear laminate attached to book. Minor edge wear to dj. Mild exterior scuffing. Library stickers on spine and back cover of jacket. No cracks in binding. Ship same or next day. More health books in our store. Matching ISBN. read more
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Illness as Metaphor
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Susan Sontag
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
Date Published: 1978
Description: Very Good. Hardcover in Good jacket shows light wear, previous owner name inside cover, embossed on title page. Pages clean. Binding tight. In stock and ready for immediate shipment. read more
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Illness as Metaphor
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Sontag Susan
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Date Published: 1978-01-01
Description: Good. Good condition with some shelf wear and chipping on the dust jacket. read more
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Illness as Metaphor
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Sontag Susan
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Date Published: 1978
Description: Good in Good jacket. read more
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Illness as Metaphor and Aids and Its Metaphors
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Sontag, Susan
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Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Anchor Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13: 9780385267052
ISBN: 0385267053
Description: Very Good + 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Very-good+, clean condition. NO remainder marks or clippings. Tight spine, clean pages. NO writing, marks or tears inside book. 183 pages. Pages show light tanning. Synopsis Brimming with humane and original ideas about a disease and the modern condition, this classic essay and its sequel written 10 years later are compassionate exhortations and a liberating event. "Taken together, the two essays are an exemplary demonstration of the power of the intellect in ... read more
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Illness as Metaphor and Aids and Its Metaphors
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Sontag, Susan
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Edition: No Edition Stated
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Anchor Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13: 9780385267052
ISBN: 0385267053
Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Light shelf wear. Solid copy with clean pages. read more
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Illness as Metaphor and Aids and Its Metaphors
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Susan Sontag
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Anchor
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13: 9780385267052
ISBN: 0385267053
Description: Very Good. Text pages clean & tight with no markings or highlighting. Name of former owner embossed on inside page. Cover has scattered scratches. A celebrated essay on the invented & often punitive uses of illness in our culture. Very readable copy. read more
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Illness as Metaphor
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Sontag, Susan
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Edition: 1st printing this edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, NY
Date Published: 1978
ISBN-13: 9780374174439
ISBN: 0374174431
Description: Very Good to Very Good+ in Fair to Good. jacket. Remainder. 2" tear along lower edge of DJ front. Soiling on DJ front....remainder sticker removed from DJ front flap. Book is CLEAN and UNREAD. read more
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Illness as Metaphor
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Sontag, Susan
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Edition: 1st printing.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, NY
Date Published: 1978
ISBN-13: 9780374174439
ISBN: 0374174431
Description: Near Fine. in Good. jacket. Remainder. Remnants of bookstore sticker on front DJ & front DJ flap. Book clean & unread. No remainder mark on book itself. read more
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Illness as Metaphor
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Sontag
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: FARRAR, STRAUS AND GIROUX
Description: DUST COVER HAS SOME WEAR WITH SMALL TEAR, BOARDS AND PAGES VERY GOOD COND. read more
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Illness as a Metaphor
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Susan Sontag
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Edition: First Printing
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
Date Published: 1978
ISBN-13: 9780374174439
ISBN: 0374174431
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. This is a brown cloth hard back book. The condition is Near Fine and the jacket is also Near Fine. First Printing. This book is very firm with a clean & bright cover. Hardly any wear. The pages are bright, clean and unmarked. There is a p/o name on the inside cover and the free page. ( Inside the book is a book review from 1978. ) The jacket is both clean & bright. 88 pages. read more
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Illness as Metaphor
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Susan Sontag
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Date Published: 1978
ISBN-13: 9780374174439
ISBN: 0374174431
Description: Very Good. Text pages clean & tight with no markings or highlighting. DJ has scattered scratches & gentle corner crease. Sontag examines the unreal & often punitive uses of illness as metaphor in our culture. Very readable copy. read more
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Illness as Metaphor
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Sontag Susan; Illustrator-Amaz
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Date Published: 1978
Description: Good. 1978 Farrar, Straus and Giroux. First Edition/First Printing. Hardcover, 87 Pages. No DJ. See my customer image cover scans/photo's. Few pages have pencil underlining. Tight binding. Boards are in good condition with two stains on back board and one light one on the front board. light spine/corner bumping. Overall a good copy. read more
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Illness as Metaphor
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Sontag, Susan
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Date Published: 1st printing, 1978
ISBN-13: 9780374174439
ISBN: 0374174431
Description: Very Good-/Very Good-hard cover. 12mo, cloth, 88pp. edgewear, small tears, tiny chips, rubbing, scratches, dust jacket. note top front end page, erased pencilled marks now clean, tight, text. light shelfwear cover. scholarly. read more
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Illness as Metaphor
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Sontag, Susan
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Binding: Soft Cover
Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux, New York
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13: 9780374520731
ISBN: 0374520739
Description: Very Good. 8vo 0374520739 Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. very good clean copy, cover shows some rubbing but with minimal edge wear, NO marks, Health; Literary Criticism; Medical; Metaphor; Non-Fiction; Physician & Patient; Semiotics & Theory; Social aspects; Tuberculosis in literature. read more
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Illness as Metaphor
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Susan Sontag
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Binding: Softcover
Description: Good. Paperback. 1978, remainder mark on bottom edge, bookstore stamp on back cover. good condition, clean and tight copy, light shelfwear to edges, NO marks or highlights. read more
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Illness as Metaphor and Aids and Its Metaphors
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Sontag, Susan
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USA
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Anchor Books; Doubleday, New York
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13: 9780385267052
ISBN: 0385267053
Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 183 pp., bib. notes; 21 cm. Tight, clean copy. Browning. "Brimming with humane and original ideas about a disease and the modern condition, this classic essay and its sequel--written 10 years later--are compassionate exhortations and a liberating event. "-Publisher. "Taken together, the two essays are an exemplary demonstration of the power of the intellect in the face of the lethal metaphors of fear. "--The Nation. read more
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Illness as Metaphor and Aids and Its Metaphors
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Sontag, Susan
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Edition: 13th printing
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Anchor Books / Doubleday, New York, NY
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13: 9780385267052
ISBN: 0385267053
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. 1990 Trade Paperback, 13th printing; Clean, square, unmarked, uncreased; Pages bright, lightly tanned; Wraps colorful, edgeworn; Spine square, uncreased; No writing, no remainder mark; read more
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Illness as Metaphor
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Sontag, Susan
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Edition: First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, NY
Date Published: 1978
ISBN-13: 9780374174439
ISBN: 0374174431
Description: Very Good in Very Good (some wear) jacket. 8vo. Clean tight copy, light wear to cover, price intact on flap of dj with several c. hips and one closed tear, in mylar cover, "...subject is the unreal and often punitive uses of illness as a figure or metaphor in our culture. " Originally presented in the distinguished series of 'James Lectures' at New York University, and appeared in an earlier version of 'The New York Review of Books'. CL001. read more
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