Literary Embodiment: Representations of Disability in Anthony Doerr's "All the Light We Cannot See"

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Abstract: According to disability studies theories such as ‘narrative prosthesis,’ ‘aesthetic nervousness,’ and ‘aesthetic blindness,’ disability in literature is often metaphorized, stereotyped, or typologized. Through close readings and character studies, this thesis explores how Anthony Doerr’s “All the Light We Cannot See” resists, complicates, and reverses such concepts as a novel with a disabled cast.

Type of resource	text
Date created	May 2021

Author	Lee, Jungin Angie
Degree granting institution	Stanford University, Department of English
Primary advisor	Greif, Mark
Advisor	Vermeule, Blakey

Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/sw353gg0850

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Preferred Citation: Lee, Jungin Angie. (2021). Literary Embodiment: Representations of Disability in Anthony Doerr's "All the Light We Cannot See". Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: https://purl.stanford.edu/sw353gg0850

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