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- Title
The blind authoress of New York: Helen De Kroyft and the uses of disability in Antebellum America.
- Authors
Ryan, James Emmett
- Abstract
Discusses the adaptive process by which blindness began to function as a cultural leverage for attaining economic and social security during the antebellum years in the United States. Literary endeavors of Helen De Kroyft; Focus on the moral experiences of the blind; Philanthropy and education of the blind; Visual disability within the context of 19th century literature.
- Subjects
UNITED States; BLINDNESS; BLINDNESS in literature; DE Kroyft, Helen; BLIND authors
- Publication
American Quarterly, 1999, Vol 51, Issue 2, p385
- ISSN
0003-0678
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/aq.1999.0025