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Representations of illness in literature and film /
This book examines the ways that various syndromes, disorders and diseases appear in modern literature and film. What is especially interesting is that rather than be portrayed as an insurmountable handicap, limitation becomes the hero of the novels and films under discussion. What once would have b...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Newcastle :
Cambridge Scholars,
2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book examines the ways that various syndromes, disorders and diseases appear in modern literature and film. What is especially interesting is that rather than be portrayed as an insurmountable handicap, limitation becomes the hero of the novels and films under discussion. What once would have been rejected as flawed, ill, diseased or unworthy has now earned the opportunity to be included into mainstream society. By accepting the other, these works of art allow previous outcasts of soc ... |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (130 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-127). |
| ISBN: | 9781443820905 1443820903 1282588508 9781282588509 9786612588501 6612588500 |