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1 Online-Ressource (xxi, 254 Seiten)
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Ausgabe:
First published
ISBN:
9781316104316
Serie:
Cambridge companions to literature
Inhalt:
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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Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781107087828
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781107458130
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The Cambridge companion to literature and disability Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2018 ISBN 9781107458130
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781107087828
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Komparatistik. Außereuropäische Sprachen/Literaturen
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Anglistik
Schlagwort(e):
Literaturwissenschaft
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Disability Studies
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Aufsatzsammlung
DOI:
10.1017/9781316104316
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