Woeful Afflictions: Disability and Sentimentality in Victorian America

Mary Klages

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 1999

Woeful Afflictions

Disability and Sentimentality in Victorian America

Mary Klages

In the series Anniversary Collection

https://doi.org/10.9783/9781512807899

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About this book

Woeful Afflictions offers a detailed historical analysis of the types of cultural work performed by sentimental representations of disability in general, and blindness in particular, in public reports and lectures, exhibitions, novels, stories, poems, autobiographical writings, and popular media portrayals from the 1830s through the 1890s.

Author / Editor information

Mary Klages is Associate Professor of English at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

Reviews

"Locating disability at the center of the problem of bodily identity, Woeful Afflictions represents an innovative contribution to the fields of nineteenth and early twentieth century American literature and culture."--Shirley Samuels, Cornell University

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Illustrations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	IX
Introduction: Disability and Sentimentality Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. The Semiotics of Disability Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	10
2. Institutional Meanings for Blind Bodies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	28
3. Sentimental Posters Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	56
4. The Angel in the Text Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	79
5. Institutional Sentimentalism Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	101
6. Laura Bridgman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	118
7. Can the Blind Girl Speak? Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	146
8. Helen Keller Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	176
9. Redefining Disability and Sentimentality: The Miracle Worker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	197
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	213
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	233
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	249

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Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Edition: Reprint 2016
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 256
Illustrations
- Other: 10 illus.
Keywords: Literature; Women's Studies; Gender Studies; Cultural Studies; Gender Studies

eBook

Published: November 11, 2016
ISBN: 9781512807899