'Monster or Metaphor? Speaking Disability in Nineteenth-Century France'

Thompson, H. (Invited speaker)

Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures

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This paper, delivered as part of the University of Kent's 'Cultural Pathologies' interdisciplinary research seminar, examines the representational and ethical problems faced by both authors and readers when articulating or interpreting the disabled body.

Period	11 Oct 2012
Event type	Other
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'Monster or Metaphor? Speaking Disability in Nineteenth-Century France'

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