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Disability, Representation and the Body in Irish Writing

1800–1922

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  • © 2009

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Authors:
  1. Mark Mossman

    1. Western Illinois University, USA

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    • Mark Mossman
    Pages 1-7

  3. Irish Studies Meets Disability Studies

    • Mark Mossman
    Pages 8-45

  4. Irish Girl Gone Wild

    • Mark Mossman
    Pages 46-80

  5. Sensation, Suffering, and Despair

    • Mark Mossman
    Pages 81-121

  6. States of Semiparalysis

    • Mark Mossman
    Pages 122-150

  7. Conclusion: States of Paralysis, a Sketch

    • Mark Mossman
    Pages 151-159

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 160-188
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About this book

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.

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"Disability, Representation and the Body in Irish Writing: 1800-1922 exposes the pervasive and the problematic dynamics of disability that have constituted representations of modern Ireland and Irishness, and to which any responsible critique must now attend." - New Hibernia Review

Authors and Affiliations

  • Western Illinois University, USA

    Mark Mossman

About the author

MARK MOSSMAN is an Associate Professor of English at Western Illinois University, USA. His research and teaching focuses on modern Irish and British literatures and disability studies. Previously published work includes essays in such journals as College English, Nineteenth-Century Feminisms, Postmodern Culture, European Romantic Review, and Victorian Literature and Culture.

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