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Writers on the spectrum : how autism and Asperger syndrome have influenced literary writing / Julie Brown.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brown, Julie, 1961-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Autism in literature.
- People with disabilities, Writings of, American--History and criticism.
- People with disabilities, Writings of, American.
- People with disabilities, Writings of, English--History and criticism.
- People with disabilities, Writings of, English.
- Authors with disabilities--Biography--History and criticism.
- Authors with disabilities.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (244 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Some of the world's most celebrated authors indicate signs of autism and AS. Through analysis of biographies, autobiographies, letters and diaries, Professor Julie Brown identifies literary talents who display characteristics of Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and uncovers the similarities in their writing that suggest atypical, autistic brains.
- Contents:
- Hans Christian Andersen
- Henry David Thoreau
- Herman Melville
- Emily Dickinson
- Lewis Carroll
- William Butler Yeats
- Sherwood Anderson
- Opal Whiteley
- Autistic autobiography.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9786612750090
- 9781282750098
- 1282750097
- 9780857002181
- 085700218X
- OCLC:
- 665581389
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