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- Title
"One of the Dumms": Lear, Deafness, and the Wound of Sound.
- Authors
Lodge(bio), Sara
- Abstract
The article reports on lear, deafness, and the wound of sound. Topics include Edward Lear's father, Jeremiah Lear, was a life governor of the Asylum for the Support of the Deaf and Dumb Children of the Poor at Bermondsey in London; The London Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb was founded in 1792 by John C. Townsend, an independent dissenting minister; and the asylum distinguished itself by providing free board, lodging, and washing for five years to children between the ages of nine and fourteen.
- Subjects
DEAFNESS; LEAR, Edward, 1812-1888; LEAR, Jeremiah; ASYLUMS (Institutions); LODGING-houses
- Publication
Victorian Poetry, 2020, Vol 58, Issue 2, pN.PAG
- ISSN
0042-5206
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/vp.2020.0007