Reflections : The Life and Writings of a Young Blind Woman in Post-Revolutionary France

Reflections The Life and Writings of a Young Blind Woman in Post-Revolutionary France

In the 1820s, several years before Braille was invented, Therese-Adele Husson, a young blind woman from provincial France, wrote an audacious manifesto about her life, French society, and her hopes for the future. Through extensive research and scholarly detective work, authors Catherine Kudlick and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Husson, Therese-Adele, 1803-1831 (-)
Otros Autores: Weygand, Zina, Kudlick, Catherine Jean
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press c2001.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:The History of Disability
Materias:
Husson, Therese-Adele, > 1803-1831.
Blind > Conduct of life.
Blind women > France > Biography.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009818438606719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • C O N T E N T S; Foreword; I . Introduction; I I . Reflections on the Physical and MoralCondition of the Blind; III. Note on the Author's Youth; IV. Reflections on a Manuscript, a Life,and a World; Notes; About the Authors

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