Deaf American prose 1830-1930 / Jennifer L. Nelson and Kristen C. Harmon, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Nelson, Jennifer L., 1965- editor.

Harmon, Kristen, editor.

Series:

Gallaudet deaf literature series ; v. 2.

Gallaudet Deaf Literature Series ; volume 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Deaf people's writings, American.

American literature--20th century.

American literature.

Deaf authors.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (277 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, District of Columbia : Gallaudet University Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This new anthology showcases the work of Deaf writers during a critical formative period in their history. From 1830 to 1930, these writers conveyed their impressions in autobiographies, travel narratives, romances, non-fiction short stories, editorials, descriptive pieces, and other forms of prose. The quick, often evocative snapshots and observations featured here, many explicitly addressing deafness and sign language, reflect their urgency to record Deaf American life at this pivotal time. Using sensory details, dialogue, characterization, narrative movement, and creative prose, these writers emphasized the capabilities of Deaf people to counter events that threatened their way of life. The volume opens with "The Orphan Mute, " a sentimental description of the misfortune of deaf people written by John Robertson Burnet in 1835. Less than 50 years later, James Denison, the only Deaf delegate at the 1880 Convention of Instructors of the Deaf in Milan, published his "impressions" that questioned the majority's passage of a strict oralism agenda. In 1908, Thomas Flowers wrote "I was a little human plant, " a paean to education without irony despite the concurrent policy banning African Americans from attending Gallaudet College. These and a host of other Deaf writers-Laurent Clerc, Kate Farlow, Edmund Booth, Laura Redden Searing, Freda W. Bauman, Vera Gammon, Isaac H. Benedict, James Nack, John Carlin, Joseph Mount and many more-reveal the vitality and resilience of Deaf writers in an era of wrenching change.

Contents:

"" Book Title: Deaf American Prose 1830�1930""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: Literary Impressions of Deaf Lives""; ""John Robertson Burnet""; ""The Orphan Mute""; ""My Sister�s Funeral""; ""James Nack""; ""Law Proceedings""; ""The Last Words of a Bachelor""; ""Laurent Clerc""; ""Visits to Some of the Schools for the Deaf and Dumb in France and England""; ""Unknown""; ""The Wonderful Coffee-Mill""; ""Isaac H. Benedict""; ""Aerial Navigation by a Deaf-Mute""; ""Mary St. Cloud Belches""; ""A Family History""; ""Joseph Mount, “Joe the Jersey Mute�""

""Recollections of a Deaf and Dumb Teacher""""A Leaf from a Teacher�s Diary""; ""John Carlin""; ""Excerpt from The Scratchsides Family""; ""Howard Glyndon (Laura Redden Searing)""; ""The Realm of Singing""; ""The Widow Waring�s Christmas Surprise""; ""William B. Swett""; ""Selections from Adventures of a Deaf-Mute in the White Mountains""; ""James Denison""; ""Impressions of the Milan Convention""; ""Edwin (Edmund) Booth""; ""Booth�s Reminiscences of Gallaudet""; ""Kate M. Farlow""; ""Selections from Silent Life and Silent Language, or, the Inner Life of a Mute""; ""W.C.""

""Scene in a Railroad Station""""Frieda W. Bauman""; ""A Romance of Far Away Cuba""; ""Hypatia Boyd""; ""What One Girl Hears and Sees""; ""What One Girl Hears and Sees (Continued from the February number)""; ""Douglas Tilden""; ""Reflections of a Deaf-Mute Philosopher""; ""Helen Keller""; ""What I Am Doing""; ""Alice C. Jennings""; ""Is It Beneficial to a Deaf Oralist to Learn the Sign Language""; ""Douglas Tilden""; ""More Extracts from the “Zeno� Mss: The So-called “Tribe of Fools�""; ""Alice Taylor Terry""; ""Bro. Hart�s “Something Greater�""; ""Thomas Flowers""

""Life after Graduation""""Howard L. Terry""; ""A Sophomore�s Revenge""; ""Helen Keller""; ""New Vision for the Blind""; ""Margaret Prescott Montague""; ""The Little Sign for Friend""; ""The Enchanted Princess""; ""Alice Taylor Terry""; ""Sound�Why Not Let It Alone?""; ""Vera Gammon""; ""The Three Doors to Knowledge""; ""Guie Leo Deliglio""; ""The Test of the Heart""; ""Miss Hester of Sunset Valley""; ""George W. Veditz""; ""De Mortuis Nil Nisi Bonum""; ""Howard L. Terry""; ""Selections from Mickey�s Harvest: The Checkered Life of an Unusual Boy""; ""James F. Brady""; ""Pro and Con""

""A Christmas Story""""Albert V. Ballin""; ""A New York Deaf Artist at Hollywood: Some Experiences in Getting a Foothold in the Movie Studios of Hollywood""; ""James F. Brady""; ""By Their Signs Ye Shall Know Them""; ""Albert V. Ballin""; ""In an Impromptu Don Quixotic Tilt with a Modern Wind Mill, called Automobile, with Dire Results to Himself""; ""Roger Demosthenes O�Kelly""; ""A Fight with a Highwayman""; ""Albert V. Ballin""; ""The Life of a Lousy Extra""; ""Howard T. Hofsteater""; ""The Wound""; ""Afterword""; ""Untitled""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781563685668

1563685663

OCLC:

861915277