More than thirty years after the groundbreaking publication of Angels and Outcasts: An Anthology of Deaf Characters in Literature , Edna Edith Sayers re-envisions the anthology for the twenty-first century. In Outcasts and Angels: The New Anthology of Deaf Characters in Literature , Sayers shows us the work of eminent and underrepresented deaf and hearing writers to encourage readers to come to terms with ingrained perceptions and biases towards the deaf. Sayers introduces three lesser kwn deaf writers: Charlotte Elizabeth (1790-1846), Howard Tracy Hofsteater (1909-64), and Douglas Bullard (1937-2005), but also includes luminaries such as Daniel Defoe, Flannery O'Conr, and Julian Barnes. Finally, Sayers features a global cast, including South African writer Nadine Gordimer, Danish writer Karen von Blixen-Finecke (writing as Isak Dinesen), and Lithuanian writer Juozas Grusas. Outcasts and Angels is sure to take its place with Angels and Outcasts as an insightful and important contribution to the field.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Gallaudet University Press,U.S.
ISBN-10
1563685396
ISBN-13
9781563685392
eBay Product ID (ePID)
141478451
Product Key Features
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Literary Criticism
Additional Product Features
Place of Publication
Washington, DC
Edited by
Edna Edith Sayers
Author Biography
Edna Edith Sayers was professor of English at Gallaudet University for twenty years and now lives on Seneca Lake in New York State where she writes on Deaf history, Old Icelandic literature, and disability studies.