Take Up Thy Bed and Walk : Death, Disability and Cure in Classic Fiction for Girls (Paperback)
by Lois Keith

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"Take Up Thy Bed and Walk" provides an in-depth critical analysis of a number of nineteenth and early twentieth-century works for girls, including "Jane Eyre," "Little Women," "The Secret Garden," and "Pollyanna." Lois Keith argues that these works reflect the widespread beliefs that a disabled life isn't a full life and that patients can cure themselves through force of will. She also situates her study in a modern context by discussing representations of disabled people in contemporary films such as "Breaking the Waves," contemporary plays such as "Broken" "Glass," and in the media coverage of Christopher Reeve.

 
 
 
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  • ISBN-13: 9780415937405
  • ISBN-10: 041593740X
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • Publish Date: August 2001
  • Page Count: 274

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