Reflections : The Life and Writings of a Young Blind Woman in Post-Revolutionary France / Therese-Adele Husson ; translated and with commentary by Catherine J. Kudlick and Zina Weygand.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Husson, Thérèse-Adèle, 1803-1831.

Contributor:

Weygand, Zina.

Kudlick, Catherine Jean.

Series:

The History of Disability

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Husson, Thérèse-Adèle, 1803-1831.

Husson, Thérèse-Adèle.

Blind--Conduct of life.

Blind.

Blind women--France--Biography.

Blind women.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (173 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, c2001.

New York, NY : New York University Press, [2002]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the 1820s, several years before Braille was invented, Therese-Adele Husson, a young blind woman from provincial France, wrote an audacious manifesto about her life, French society, and her hopes for the future. Through extensive research and scholarly detective work, authors Catherine Kudlick and Zina Weygand have rescued this intriguing woman and the remarkable story of her life and tragic death from obscurity, giving readers a rare look into a world recorded by an unlikely historical figure. Reflections is one of the earliest recorded manifestations of group solidarity among people with t

Contents:

C O N T E N T S; Foreword; I . Introduction; I I . Reflections on the Physical and MoralCondition of the Blind; III. Note on the Author's Youth; IV. Reflections on a Manuscript, a Life,and a World; Notes; About the Authors

Notes:

Includes text of the author's Reflections and her Note on the author's youth.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-154).

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780814795385

0814795382

9780814790984

0814790984

OCLC:

779828427