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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784944503321

Autore

Mossman Mark

Titolo

Disability, Representation and the Body in Irish Writing [[electronic resource] ] : 1800–1922 / / by Mark Mossman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2009

ISBN

1-282-67362-9

9786612673627

0-230-25067-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2009.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (199 p.)

Disciplina

820.9/3561

820.99415

Soggetti

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

Ireland In literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.