Outcasts and Angels : The New Anthology of Deaf Characters in Literature, Pap...

by Edna Edith Sayers

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Outcasts and Angels : The New Anthology of Deaf Characters in Literature, Paperback by Sayers, Edna Edith (EDT), ISBN 1563685396, ISBN-13 9781563685392, Used Good Condition, Free shipping in the US Gallaudet U. Press has released a new anthology of deaf characters in literature. This book, edited by Gaullaudet emerita (English) Sayers, updates the pioneering 1976 anthology. It includes work by both deaf and hearing authors portraying deaf characters. While a few excerpts from early works are included here, most are stand-alone pieces, and excerpts from longer works are often a necessary evil in order to include historical writing by or about underrepresented groups. The anthology begins with Daniel Dafoe in 1729 and ends with Marlin Barton and Julian Barnes, both from 2009. While the majority of the works included are from the US, with secondary representation from England, the editor has also included work from France, Italy, Korea, Denmark, Lithuania, Canada, South Africa, Nigeria, and England/Guyana. Male and female authors are both well represented. The editor provides introductory and concluding essays, on deaf characters from the perspectives of writer and reader. The writers anthologized offer short work in a variety of literary styles and eras in nonfiction and fiction, with a preponderance in the twentieth-century American short story of fifteen pages or less; th will appeal to any literary reader. It is a must-hav for deaf studies. While it has obvious uses in cultu

• Publisher: Gallaudet University Press
• Year: 2012
• ISBN: 9781563685392
• Condition: Good

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