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Reflections : The Life and Writings of a Young Blind Woman in Post-Revolutionary France / / Therese-Adele Husson ; translated and with commentary by Catherine J. Kudlick and Zina Weygand



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Autore: Husson Therese-Adele <1803-1831.> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Reflections : The Life and Writings of a Young Blind Woman in Post-Revolutionary France / / Therese-Adele Husson ; translated and with commentary by Catherine J. Kudlick and Zina Weygand Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: New York, : New York University Press, c2001
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (173 p.)
Disciplina: 362.4/1/092
Soggetto topico: Blind - Conduct of life
Blind women - France
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Soggetto non controllato: among
blind
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fascinating
figure
ideas
independence
newly-discovered
nineteenth-century
physical
poignant
records
self-sufficiency
sensibility
spirit
story
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Altri autori: WeygandZina  
KudlickCatherine Jean  
Note generali: Includes text of the author's Reflections and her Note on the author's youth.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 143-154).
Nota di contenuto: C O N T E N T S; Foreword; I . Introduction; I I . Reflections on the Physical and MoralCondition of the Blind; III. Note on the Author's Youth; IV. Reflections on a Manuscript, a Life,and a World; Notes; About the Authors
Sommario/riassunto: In the 1820s, several years before Braille was invented, Therese-Adele Husson, a young blind woman from provincial France, wrote an audacious manifesto about her life, French society, and her hopes for the future. Through extensive research and scholarly detective work, authors Catherine Kudlick and Zina Weygand have rescued this intriguing woman and the remarkable story of her life and tragic death from obscurity, giving readers a rare look into a world recorded by an unlikely historical figure. Reflections is one of the earliest recorded manifestations of group solidarity among people with t
Titolo autorizzato: Reflections  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8147-9538-2
0-8147-9098-4
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910854400303321
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Serie: The History of Disability