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The Idea of Disability in the Eighteenth Century (Transits: Literature, Thought & Culture, 1650-1850)

The Idea of Disability in the Eighteenth Century (Transits: Literature, Thought & Culture, 1650-1850)

by Chris Mounsey (Editor)

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Synopsis

The Idea of Disability in the Eighteenth Century is a wide-ranging collection of essays that explores philosophy, biography, and texts about and by disabled people living in the eighteenth century. The book, which introduces and affirms the notion that disability studies predates most United States and United Kingdom findings by more than a hundred years, will be of interest to philosophers, historians, sociologists, and literary scholars.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 280
 Publisher: Bucknell University Press
Published: 15 Dec 2015
ISBN 10: 1611487390
ISBN 13: 9781611487398

Media Reviews
Like most arenas of literary investigation, 18th-century studies has seen a proliferation of scholarship on disability in the last ten years--and one expects much more will follow. The present title joins three of the most notable book-length examinations: Patterns of Madness in the Eighteenth Century, ed. by Allan Ingram; Defects: Engendering the Modern Body, ed. by Helen Deutsch and Felicity Nussbaum; and David Turner's Disability in Eighteenth Century England. With respect to organization, Mounsey introduces a unique concept-to disability studies in general and certainly to 18th-century studies. The ten essays appear in three categories: 'Methodological,' essays examining how disability is understood and represented by significant thinkers (1663 and 1788); 'Conceptual,' essays looking at and problematizing representation of disability in literary works; and 'Experiential,' essays examining how disability is represented by those who experienced it and left written records of their suffering. A few essays feature canonical figures, but most introduce overlooked, unknown texts, a result of impressive archival research. In this respect and others, the collection bridges disability studies and cultural studies. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Graduate students and researchers/faculty. * CHOICE *
Author Bio
Chris Mounsey is professor of English at the University of Winchester.