Thomson, Rosemarie Garland.

Extraordinary bodies figuring physical disability in American culture and literature Rosemarie Garland Thomson. - New York Columbia University Press c1997. - x, 200 p. ill. 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [173]-189) and index.

0231105169 (cloth : acid-free paper)

96021998


American fiction--History and criticism.--19th century
Feminism and literature--United States.
Sideshows--History.--United States
Popular culture--History.--United States
Women in literature.
People with disabilities--Social conditions.
Body, Human--Social aspects.
Body, Human, in literature.
People with disabilities in literature.
American fiction--History and criticism.--20th century

PS374.P44 / T49 1997

813/.0093520816