Outcasts and angels : the new anthology of deaf characters in literature
(Book - Regular Print)
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Published
Washington, DC : Gallaudet University Press, [2012].
Physical Desc
ix, 361 pages ; 25 cm
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Yavapai College Prescott - LIMBO - Items being donated to other libraries
PN56.5.H35O98 2012
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PN56.5.H35O98 2012
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Published
Washington, DC : Gallaudet University Press, [2012].
Format
Book - Regular Print
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 352-361).
Description
"In 1976, Trent Batson and Eugene Bergman released their classic Angels and Outcasts: An Anthology of Deaf Characters in Literature. In it, they featured works from the 19th and 20th centuries by well-known authors such as Charles Dickens and Eudora Welty. They also presented less-well-known deaf authors, and they prefaced each excerpt with remarks on context, societal perceptions, and the dignity due to deaf people. Since then, much has transpired, turning around the literary criticism regarding portrayals of deaf people in print. Edna Edith Sayers reflects these changes in her new collection Outcasts and Angels: The New Anthology of Deaf Characters in Literature. Sayers mines the same literary vein as the earlier volume with rich new results. Her anthology also introduces rare works by early masters such as Daniel Defoe. She includes three new deaf authors, Charlotte Elizabeth, Howard T. Hofsteater, and Douglas Bullard, who offer compelling evidence of the attitudes toward deaf people current in their eras. In search of commonalities and comparisons, Sayers reveals that the defining elements of deaf literary characters are fluid and subtly different beyond the predominant dueling stereotypes of preternaturally spiritual beings and thuggish troglodytes. Outcasts and Angels demonstrates these subtle variations in writings by Ambrose Bierce, Isak Dinesen, Nadine Gordimer, and Flannery O'Connor. Stories by Juozas Grus̆as, Julian Barnes, and many other international authors broaden the scope of this updated inquiry into the deaf literary character. Sayers's introduction and closing essay bring any disparate parts together, completing Outcasts and Angels as a fitting, contemporary companion to the original classic collection"--P. [4] of cover.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Sayers, E. E. (2012). Outcasts and angels: the new anthology of deaf characters in literature . Gallaudet University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Sayers, Edna Edith. 2012. Outcasts and Angels: The New Anthology of Deaf Characters in Literature. Gallaudet University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Sayers, Edna Edith. Outcasts and Angels: The New Anthology of Deaf Characters in Literature Gallaudet University Press, 2012.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Sayers, Edna Edith. Outcasts and Angels: The New Anthology of Deaf Characters in Literature Gallaudet University Press, 2012.
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