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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819117703321

Autore

Mossman Mark <1970->

Titolo

Disability, representation and the body in Irish writing, 1800-1922 / / Mark Mossman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; ; New York, NY, : 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

Soggetti

English literature - Irish authors - History and criticism

English literature - 19th century - History and criticism

English literature - 20th century - History and criticism

People with disabilities in literature

Human body in literature

National characteristics, Irish, in literature

Group identity in literature

Literature and society - Ireland - History

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.