Literature and Disability Contributor(s): Hall, Alice (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415632218 ISBN-13: 9780415632218 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $47.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2015 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Reference |
Dewey: 809.933 |
LCCN: 2015007784 |
Series: Literature and Contemporary Thought |
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (0.50 lbs) 184 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Literature and Disability introduces readers to the field of disability studies and the ways in which a focus on issues of impairment and the representation of disability can provide new approaches to reading and writing about literary texts. Disability plays a central role in much of the most celebrated literature, yet it is only in recent years that literary criticism has begun to consider the aesthetic, ethical and literary challenges that this poses. The author explores:
This volume provides students and academics with an accessible overview of literary critical approaches to disability representation. |