Being ‘excluded from the world of sound’: Deafness, Invalidism and Resilience in Harriet Martineau’s Writings (1834–1855)
Centred on the Victorian intellectual Harriet Martineau (1802-76), this paper will show how she lived her condition as a deaf person and an ‘invalid’. Detailed information about her memories of the ‘world of sound’—also the impact that deafness had on her life—can be found in her hybrid prose. Blend...
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Main Author: | Manuela D’Amore |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Presses Universitaires de la Méditerranée
2021-11-01
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Series: | Cahiers Victoriens et Edouardiens |
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Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/cve/9580 |
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