This intrigued me, so I poked around in Small College Library's most likely database and found a new journal, the Journal of Literary & Cultural Disability Studies, from Liverpool University Press. Only two issues have been printed so far, but the second one has many articles about blindness.
I also found a review of this book, but you probably already know about it because it was printed a while ago--plus, you didn't mention wanting books. :) Extraordinary Bodies: Figuring Physical Disability in American Culture and Literature is the title.
As far as articles go, I found this:
"Blindness in fiction."
Langworthy, J. L.
Few realize that the term "the blind" is no more an accurate classification than its opposite "the seeing." In fiction we find four sorts of blind persons: (1) the idealized, (2) the repugnant, (3) the extremely clever, and (4) the normal. Occasionally a fifth class, involving the readjustment of the newly blinded to their condition, is found. All of these themes have been worked out in literature with various degrees of accuracy and success. Bibliography of 46 titles. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)
It's really old! It's from the Journal of Applied Psychology, Volume 14, issue 3 (June 1930). Heh. D'you think it's out of copyright? :)
I don't know if this was helpful or not, but hopefully it was at least not annoying.
Oooh, this looks fascinating. Esp. since it's so old; I'm going to have to dig that up and poke it. 1930s litcrit is usually pretty wild, at least through postmodern eyes.
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Date: 2010-01-11 04:51 pm (UTC)I also found a review of this book, but you probably already know about it because it was printed a while ago--plus, you didn't mention wanting books. :) Extraordinary Bodies: Figuring Physical Disability in American Culture and Literature is the title.
As far as articles go, I found this:It's really old! It's from the Journal of Applied Psychology, Volume 14, issue 3 (June 1930). Heh. D'you think it's out of copyright? :)
I don't know if this was helpful or not, but hopefully it was at least not annoying.
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Date: 2010-01-11 06:05 pm (UTC)Thanks!
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Date: 2010-01-12 12:32 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-01-12 09:52 pm (UTC)