Author: Pamela Hansford JOHNSON
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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This Bed Thy Centre, Etc
Author: Pamela Hansford JOHNSON
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
The English Gardener, Etc
The Complete Kitchen Gardener, and Hot-Bed Forcer, Etc
Author: John ABERCROMBIE (Horticulturist.)
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Languages : en
Pages : 534
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 534
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Take Up Thy Bed and Walk
Author: Lois Keith
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9780415937399
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Heidi, The Secret Garden, and Pollyanna are all classic "girls' books, " featuring a miracle cure of an invalid character who literally gets up and walks away from illness or paralysis. Such stories were common in Victorian novels and they implicitly conveyed the idea that disability and physical suffering were punishment for wrongdoing: unruly girls could not enter womanhood unless they were tamed, and an accident was the perfect plot device for this transformation. Other characters, like Helen Burns in Jane Eyre or Beth in Little Women, were just too good to live, and died so that another character could be redeemed by their example. Lois Keith points out in this study that the temptation to either cure or kill off disabled characters has surprising tenacity. The widespread belief that a disabled life isn't a full life and that patients can cure themselves through force of will endures to the present day. In Take Up Thy Bed & Walk, Lois Keith brings her lively and observant eye to the classic books of childhood from Jane Eyre, Heidi, and Pollyanna, to modern American classics such as Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House on the Prairie and Judy Blume's Deenie. Keith explores the recurring images of impairment and ill health in literature and asks the reader to reconsider the messages they send to a devoted young audience. This book is also a testament to the singular passion with which these books are read by younger readers and reminds us of the intensity of our own reading experience as children.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 9780415937399
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Heidi, The Secret Garden, and Pollyanna are all classic "girls' books, " featuring a miracle cure of an invalid character who literally gets up and walks away from illness or paralysis. Such stories were common in Victorian novels and they implicitly conveyed the idea that disability and physical suffering were punishment for wrongdoing: unruly girls could not enter womanhood unless they were tamed, and an accident was the perfect plot device for this transformation. Other characters, like Helen Burns in Jane Eyre or Beth in Little Women, were just too good to live, and died so that another character could be redeemed by their example. Lois Keith points out in this study that the temptation to either cure or kill off disabled characters has surprising tenacity. The widespread belief that a disabled life isn't a full life and that patients can cure themselves through force of will endures to the present day. In Take Up Thy Bed & Walk, Lois Keith brings her lively and observant eye to the classic books of childhood from Jane Eyre, Heidi, and Pollyanna, to modern American classics such as Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House on the Prairie and Judy Blume's Deenie. Keith explores the recurring images of impairment and ill health in literature and asks the reader to reconsider the messages they send to a devoted young audience. This book is also a testament to the singular passion with which these books are read by younger readers and reminds us of the intensity of our own reading experience as children.
A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles
Author: James Augustus Henry Murray
Publisher:
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Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 1360
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 1360
Book Description
General Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 424
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description
The Bristol Hymnal, for Special Services, Missions to Seamen, Navvies, Etc ... Fourth Edition
The Mysteries of Udolpho, Etc
The Industrial Resources, Etc. of the Southern and Western States
Author: James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow
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Category : Industries
Languages : en
Pages : 612
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Publisher:
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Category : Industries
Languages : en
Pages : 612
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