The Resource Physical disability in British romantic literature, Essaka Joshua, (electronic resource)
Physical disability in British romantic literature, Essaka Joshua, (electronic resource)
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The item Physical disability in British romantic literature, Essaka Joshua, (electronic resource) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Bowdoin College Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- The modern concept of disability did not exist in the Romantic period. This study addresses the anachronistic use of 'disability' in scholarship of the Romantic era, providing a disability studies theorized account that explores the relationship between ideas of function and aesthetics. Unpacking the politics of ability, the book reveals the centrality of capacity and weakness concepts to the egalitarian politics of the 1790s, and the importance of desert theory to debates about sentiment and the charitable relief of impaired soldiers. Clarifying the aesthetics of deformity as distinct from discussions of ability, Joshua uncovers a controversy over the use of deformity in picturesque aesthetics, offers accounts of deformity that anticipate recent disability studies theory, and discusses deformity and monstrosity as a blended category in Frankenstein. Setting aside the modern concept of disability, Joshua cogently argues for the historical and critical value of period-specific terms
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 302 pages)
- Note
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 12 Nov 2020)
- Contents
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- Politics of Ability. William Godwin and Capacity
- Invigorating Women: Female Weakness in the Work of Invigorating Women: Female Weakness in the Work of Mary Wollstonecraft
- Wordsworth's "The Discharged Soldier" and the Question of Desert
- Aesthetics of Deformity. Picturesque Aesthetics: Theorizing Deformity in the Romantic Era
- Relational Deformity in Frances Burney's Camilla
- Monstrous Sights: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
- Conclusion
- Isbn
- 9781108799171
- Label
- Physical disability in British romantic literature
- Title
- Physical disability in British romantic literature
- Statement of responsibility
- Essaka Joshua
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The modern concept of disability did not exist in the Romantic period. This study addresses the anachronistic use of 'disability' in scholarship of the Romantic era, providing a disability studies theorized account that explores the relationship between ideas of function and aesthetics. Unpacking the politics of ability, the book reveals the centrality of capacity and weakness concepts to the egalitarian politics of the 1790s, and the importance of desert theory to debates about sentiment and the charitable relief of impaired soldiers. Clarifying the aesthetics of deformity as distinct from discussions of ability, Joshua uncovers a controversy over the use of deformity in picturesque aesthetics, offers accounts of deformity that anticipate recent disability studies theory, and discusses deformity and monstrosity as a blended category in Frankenstein. Setting aside the modern concept of disability, Joshua cogently argues for the historical and critical value of period-specific terms
- Cataloging source
- UkCbUP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Joshua, Essaka
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- Series statement
- Cambridge studies in romanticism
- Series volume
- 130
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- People with disabilities in literature
- Romanticism
- Abnormalities, Human, in literature
- English literature
- English literature
- Label
- Physical disability in British romantic literature, Essaka Joshua, (electronic resource)
- Note
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 12 Nov 2020)
- Contents
- Politics of Ability. William Godwin and Capacity -- Invigorating Women: Female Weakness in the Work of Invigorating Women: Female Weakness in the Work of Mary Wollstonecraft -- Wordsworth's "The Discharged Soldier" and the Question of Desert -- Aesthetics of Deformity. Picturesque Aesthetics: Theorizing Deformity in the Romantic Era -- Relational Deformity in Frances Burney's Camilla -- Monstrous Sights: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein -- Conclusion
- Control code
- ssj0002560908
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 302 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Access restricted to subscribing institutions
- Isbn
- 9781108799171
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Other physical details
- digital, PDF file(s)
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (WaSeSS)ssj0002560908
- Label
- Physical disability in British romantic literature, Essaka Joshua, (electronic resource)
- Note
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 12 Nov 2020)
- Contents
- Politics of Ability. William Godwin and Capacity -- Invigorating Women: Female Weakness in the Work of Invigorating Women: Female Weakness in the Work of Mary Wollstonecraft -- Wordsworth's "The Discharged Soldier" and the Question of Desert -- Aesthetics of Deformity. Picturesque Aesthetics: Theorizing Deformity in the Romantic Era -- Relational Deformity in Frances Burney's Camilla -- Monstrous Sights: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein -- Conclusion
- Control code
- ssj0002560908
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 302 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Access restricted to subscribing institutions
- Isbn
- 9781108799171
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Other physical details
- digital, PDF file(s)
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (WaSeSS)ssj0002560908
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