The Cambridge Companion to Literature and Disability / edited by Clare Barker, Stuart Murray.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Barker, Clare, 1980- editor.

Murray, Stuart, 1967- editor.

Series:

Cambridge companions to literature

Cambridge Companions to Literature

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (280 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

The Cambridge Companion to Literature & Disability

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2017.

System Details:

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PDF

Summary:

This Companion analyzes the representation of disability in literatures in English, including American and postcolonial writing, across all major time periods and through a variety of critical approaches. Through the alternative ideas of mind and embodiment generated by physiological and psychological impairments, an understanding of disability narrative changes the way we read literature. With contributions from major figures in literary disability studies, The Cambridge Companion to Literature and Disability covers a wide range of impairments, including cognitive difference, neurobehavioral conditions, and mental and chronic illnesses. This book shows how disability demands innovation in literary form and aesthetics, challenges the notion of a human 'norm' in the writing of character, and redraws the ways in which writing makes meaning of the broad spectrum of humanity. It will be a key resource for students and teachers of disability and literary studies.

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Print version:

ISBN:

9781316104316

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.