Literature and Disability

Literature and Disability introduces readers to the emerging field of Disability Studies and the ways in which a focus on issues of impairment and the representation of disability can provide an alternative model for reading literary texts.

List of contents

1. Disability Studies Now 2. An Introduction to Disability Studies 3. Literature and Disability 4. Physical Disability and the Novel 5. Deafness and Performance 6. Blindness and Short Fiction 7. Cognitive Difference and Narrative 8. Disability Life Writing 9. Voice and Poetry Glossary

About the author

Alice Hall is a Lecturer in Contemporary and Global Literature at the University of York, UK

Summary

Literature and Disability introduces readers to the emerging field of Disability Studies and the ways in which a focus on issues of impairment and the representation of disability can provide an alternative model for reading literary texts.

Product details

• Authors: Alice Hall, Hall Alice
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.09.2015
• EAN: 9780415632201
• ISBN: 978-0-415-63220-1
• No. of pages: 184
• Series: Literature and Contemporary Thought
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; History, Media Studies, Sociology, Cultural Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Reference, Humanities, Literary studies: general, Disability: social aspects, Literary theory, Nursing and ancillary services, Nursing & ancillary services