Blindness in contemporary fiction: a critical study and two stories

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This thesis is in two parts. The first part is a critical review of some contemporary writing, on the question of the representation of blindness. The second part consists of two
\noriginal stories, written by the present author, and both with important characters who are blind.
\nLittle attention has been paid in this country to the question of the representation of blindness. No substantial critical work has been produced since 1955.
\nImages of disablement, especially of blindness, have been popular in the history of literature. However, in the case of blindness, such depictions have tended to falsify the actual experience of being blind. Common stereotypes of blindness are involved, or blindness is employed as a metaphor, and stereotypical interpretations of blindness are assumed. In other words, blindness has most often been a source, and not a target of metaphor. Most often, the stereotypical connotations of blindness are negative.
\nPart I contains seven chapters

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