Brief literary history of disability
Wang, Fuson
Brief literary history of disability - London : Routledge, 2023 - vi, 196 p. ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A Brief Literary History of Disability is a convenient, lucid, and accessible entry point into the rapidly evolving conversation around disability in literary studies. The book follows a chronological structure and each chapter pairs a well-known literary text with a foundational disability theorist in order to develop a simultaneous understanding of literary history and disability theory. The book as a whole, and each chapter, addresses three key questions: Why do we even need a literary history of disability? What counts as the literature of disability? Should we even talk about a literary aesthetic of disability? This book is the ideal starting point for anyone wanting to add some disability studies to their literature teaching in any period, and for any students approaching the study of literature and disability
9781032155074
Abeleism
Blindness
Crip theory
Deaf space project
Disability theory
Enlightenment
Imperialism
Narrative prothesis
Quayson, Ato
Stigma etymology
Visual culture
Voltaire
809.933527 / WAN
Brief literary history of disability - London : Routledge, 2023 - vi, 196 p. ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A Brief Literary History of Disability is a convenient, lucid, and accessible entry point into the rapidly evolving conversation around disability in literary studies. The book follows a chronological structure and each chapter pairs a well-known literary text with a foundational disability theorist in order to develop a simultaneous understanding of literary history and disability theory. The book as a whole, and each chapter, addresses three key questions: Why do we even need a literary history of disability? What counts as the literature of disability? Should we even talk about a literary aesthetic of disability? This book is the ideal starting point for anyone wanting to add some disability studies to their literature teaching in any period, and for any students approaching the study of literature and disability
9781032155074
Abeleism
Blindness
Crip theory
Deaf space project
Disability theory
Enlightenment
Imperialism
Narrative prothesis
Quayson, Ato
Stigma etymology
Visual culture
Voltaire
809.933527 / WAN