02525nam 2200613Ia 450 991078070310332120171026195700.01-282-59770-197866125977010-472-02596-110.3998/mpub.11877(CKB)2520000000006847(EBL)3414670(OCoLC)923501286(SSID)ssj0000417682(PQKBManifestationID)11281353(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000417682(PQKBWorkID)10362544(PQKB)10450089(MiU)10.3998/mpub.11877(MiAaPQ)EBC3414670(EXLCZ)99252000000000684720030606d2004 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFictions of affliction physical disability in Victorian culture /Martha Stoddard HolmesAnn Arbor :University of Michigan Press,c2004.1 online resource (245 p.)Corporealities :discourses of disabilityDescription based upon print version of record.0-472-06841-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-221) and index.Contents; Introduction; 1 Melodramatic Bodies; 2 Marital Melodramas Disabled Women and Victorian Marriage Plots; 3 ""My Old Delightful Sensation""Wilkie Collins and the Disabling of Melodrama; 4 An Object for Compassion, An Enemy to the StateI magining Disabled Boys and Men; 5 Melodramas of the Self Auto/biographies of Victorians with Physical Disabilities; Conclusion; Appendix; Notes; Works Cited; IndexReveals the cultural meanings and literary representations of disability in Victorian BritainCorporealities.English literature19th centuryHistory and criticismPeople with disabilities in literaturePeople with disabilitiesGreat BritainHistory19th centuryGreat BritainCivilization19th centuryEnglish literatureHistory and criticism.People with disabilities in literature.People with disabilitiesHistory820.9/3520816Holmes Martha Stoddard1563582Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan)MiUMiUBOOK9910780703103321Fictions of affliction3832101UNINA