The World I Live in and Optimism

Klappentext These poetic, inspiring essays offer remarkable insights into the world of a gifted woman who was deaf and blind. Keller relates her impressions, perceived through the senses and imagination, of the world's beauty and promise. Inhaltsverzeichnis The World I Live InPrefaceI. The Seeing HandII. The Hands of OthersIII. The Hand of the RaceIV. The Power of TouchV. The Finer VibrationsVI. Smell, the Fallen AngelVII. Relative Values of the SensesVIII. The Five-Sensed WorldIX. Inward VisionsX. Analogies in Sense PerceptionXI. Before the Soul DawnXII. The Larger SanctionsXIII. The Dream WorldXIV. Dreams and RealityXV. A Waking DreamA Chant of Darkness OptimismPart I. Optimism WithinPart II. Optimism WithoutPart III. The Practice of Optimism

Product details

• Authors: Helen Keller
• Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 01.01.2009
• Subject: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies
• EAN: 9780486473673
• ISBN: 978-0-486-47367-3
• Pages: 128
• Dimensions (packing): 13.9 x 21.6 x 0.6 cm
• Series: Dover Books on Literature & Dr; Dover Books on Literature & Dr