Dissembling Disability in Early Modern English Drama

Lindsey Row-Heyveld

Springer International Publishing AG, 2018

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Why do able-bodied characters fake disability in 40 early modern English plays? By illuminating this neglected tradition, this book fills an important gap in both disability history and literary studies, and explores how fears of counterfeit disability created a feedback loop of performance and suspicion.

ISBN-13
9783319921341
ISBN-10
3319921347
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Year
2018
Publication date
2018-08-23
Pages
244
Dimensions
157x218x22
Weight
452