Disability, Representation and the Body in Irish Writing [electronic resource] : 1800–1922 /
Mossman, Mark.author.
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.
Description based upon print version of record.
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
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Social policy.
Social history.
Civilization—History.
British literature.
Literature, Modern—20th century.
Literature—Philosophy.
Social Policy.
Social History.
Cultural History.
British and Irish Literature.
Twentieth-Century Literature.
Literary Theory.