Woeful Afflictions by Mary Klages

Woeful Afflictions

Mary Klages

250 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction classics literary politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced

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From Tiny Tim to Helen Keller, disabled people in the nineteenth century were portrayed in sentimental terms, as afflicted beings whose sufferings afforded ablebodied people opportunities to practice empathy and compassion. In all kinds of represe...

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