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UNINA9910781825003321 |
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Autore |
Larrissy Edward |
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Titolo |
The blind and blindness in literature of the Romantic period / / Edward Larrissy [[electronic resource]] |
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Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2007 |
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0-7486-5169-1 |
1-281-25193-3 |
9786611251932 |
0-7486-3201-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (229 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Blindness in literature |
Blind in literature |
Romanticism - England |
English literature - 19th century - History and criticism |
English poetry - 19th century - History and criticism |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-220) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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COPYRIGHT; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 The Enigma of the Blind; Chapter 2 The Celtic Bard in Ireland and Britain: Blindness and Second Sight; Chapter 3 Blake: Removing the Curse by Printing for the Blind; Chapter 4 Edifying Tales; Chapter 5 Wordsworth's Transitions; Chapter 6 Coleridge, Keats and a Full Perception; Chapter 7 Byron and Shelley: The Blindness of Reason; Chapter 8 Mary Shelley: Blind Fathers and the Magnetic Globe: Frankenstein with Valperga and The Last Man; Chapter 9 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In the first full-length literary-historical study of its subject Edward Larrissy examines the philosophical and literary background to representations of blindness and the blind in the Romantic period. |
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