Woeful Afflictions

by Mary Klages

From Tiny Tim to Helen Keller, disabled people in the nineteenth century were portrayed in sentimental terms, as afflicted beings whose sufferings afforded ablebodied people opportunities to practice empathy and compassion. In all kinds of representations of disability, from popular fiction to the reports of institutions established for the education and rehabilitation of disabled people, the equation of disability and sentimentality served a variety...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812234995
• ISBN13: 9780812234992
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press Anniversary
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.3"