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Disability, Representation and the Body in Irish Writing : 1800-1922 / by Mark Mossman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mossman, Mark, 1970-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social policy.
- Social history.
- Civilization--History.
- Civilization.
- European literature.
- Literature, Modern--20th century.
- Literature, Modern.
- Literature--Philosophy.
- Literature.
- Social Policy.
- Social History.
- Cultural History.
- European Literature.
- Twentieth-Century Literature.
- Literary Theory.
- Local Subjects:
- Social Policy.
- Social History.
- Cultural History.
- European Literature.
- Twentieth-Century Literature.
- Literary Theory.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (199 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2009.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Covering a diverse range of figures and issues from Jonathan Swift's pornographic poetry to Oscar Wilde's famous cello-shaped coat this book collapses Irish studies into the critical perspective of disability studies: linking 'Irishness' and 'disability' together allows the emergence of a new critical perspective, an Irish disability studies.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Irish Studies Meets Disability Studies; 2 Irish Girl Gone Wild; 3 Sensation, Suffering, and Despair; 4 States of Semiparalysis; Conclusion: States of Paralysis, a Sketch; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612673627
- 9781282673625
- 1282673629
- 9780230250673
- 023025067X
- OCLC:
- 650305540
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