{"product_id":"9781137435101","title":"Literary Disability Studies","description":"\u003ch1\u003eLiterary Disability Studies\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eThompson, Hannah\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis  book argues that the most interesting depictions of blindness in French  fiction are those which call into question and ultimately undermine the  prevailing myths and stereotypes of blindness which dominate Western thought.  Rather than seeing blindness as an affliction, a tragedy or even a fate worse  than death, the authors examined in this study celebrate blindness for its own  sake. For them it is a powerful artistic and creative force which offers new  and surprising ways of describing, and relating to, reality. Canonical and  lesser-known novels from a range of genres, including the \u003ci\u003eroman noir\u003c\/i\u003e, science fiction, \u003ci\u003eauto-fiction  \u003c\/i\u003eand realism are analyzed in detail to show how the presence of blind  characters invites the reader to abandon his or her traditional reliance on  the sense of sight and engage with the world in sensual, and hitherto  unexpected, ways. This book challenges everything we thought we knew about  blindness and invites us to revel in the pleasures and perils of reading  blind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2017-09-01\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9781137435101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1057\/978-1-137-43511-8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 199\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Palgrave Macmillan UK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44752487481484,"sku":"9781137435101","price":71.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781137435101.jpg?v=1776695948","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781137435101","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}