Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture
Autor
Heather Tilley (Birkbeck College, University Of London)
Heather Tilley examines the huge shifts that took place in the experience and conceptualisation of blindness during the nineteenth century. Considering the ways in which visually-impaired people used texts to shape their own identities, she argues that blindness was also a means by which writers reflected on crafting literary form.