Woeful afflictions : disability and sentimentality in Victorian America /

From Tiny Tim to Helen Keller, disabled people in the nineteenth century were portrayed in sentimental terms, as afflicted beings whose sufferings afforded ablebodied people opportunities to practice empathy and compassion. In all kinds of representations of disability, from popular fiction to the r...

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Main Author:	Klages, Mary
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [1999], ©1999 Philadelphia : c1999 Philadelphia : ©1999 Philadelphia : [1999]
Subjects:	1800 - 1899 1800-1899 19th century People with disabilities in literature > History and criticism People with disabilities in mass media > History People with disabilities > History People with disabilities > United States > History > 19th century People with disabilities > United States > Public opinion Public opinion > United States Communications Media History People with disabilities in literature People with disabilities in mass media People with disabilities People with disabilities > Public opinion Public opinion Disabled Persons > history > United States Disabled Persons Literature, Modern > United States Literature, Modern Mass Media > United States Mass Media Social Perception > United States Social Perception Social Support > United States Social Support United States Criticism, interpretation, etc

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