Disability and Modern Fiction
Faulkner, Morrison, Coetzee and the Nobel Prize for Literature
Published on 1. January 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
IX, 220 pages
978-1-349-33226-7 (ISBN)
Description
Focusing on Faulkner, Morrison and Coetzee as authors, critics and Nobel Prize-winning intellectuals, this book explores shifting representations of disability in 20th and 21st century literature and proposes new ways of reading their works in relation to one another, whilst highlighting the ethical, aesthetic and imaginative challenges they pose.
Reviews / Votes
'This book is one of the best literary critical accounts I have read in a long time. Hall writes with great clarity and addresses the complexity of 'disability' in a highly intelligent and nuanced manner. Her insights into the representation of disability in the fiction of Faulkner, Morrison and Coetzee are first rate.' - Paul Crawford, Professor of Health Humanities, University of Nottingham, UK
More details
Edition
1st ed. 2012
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
IX, 220 p.
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
343 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-349-33226-7 (9781349332267)
DOI
10.1057/9780230355477
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
E-Book
11/2011
1st Edition
Palgrave Macmillan
€53.49
Available for download
Book
11/2011
Palgrave Macmillan
€53.49
Shipment within 15-20 days
Person
ALICE HALL currently works at Université Paris Diderot and she recently completed a postdoctoral research fellowship at the Centre for Advanced Studies, University of Nottingham, UK. She holds an MPhil in Criticism and Culture and a PhD in Contemporary Literature from the University of Cambridge, UK
Content
List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Disability and Modern Fiction: Charting New Territory Tales Told by an Idiot: Disability and Sensory Perception in William Faulkner's Fiction and Criticism Foreign Bodies: Disability and Beauty in the Work of Toni Morrison Dialectics of Dependency: Aging and Disability in J.M.Coetzee's Later Writing Disability as Metaphor: The Nobel Prize Lectures of Faulkner, Morrison and Coetzee Conclusion: 'You Can't Just Fly on off and Leave a Body' Notes Bibliography Index