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

• Autore: Mossman Mark
• Pubblicazione: London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2009
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2009.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (199 p.)
• Disciplina: 820.9/3561; 820.99415
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto geografico: Ireland In literature
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Disability, Representation and the Body in Irish Writing
• ISBN: 1-282-67362-9; 9786612673627; 0-230-25067-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784944503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II