Disability and the Environment in American Literature

Download or read book Disability and the Environment in American Literature written by Matthew J. C. Cella and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2016-10-12 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essays in Disability and the Environment in American Literature contribute new insights into the fields of literary disability studies and ecocriticism by placing the two fields in dialogue. The book offers readings of American literary narratives of place that expose the deep relationship between embodiment and emplacement and that explore the ways in which a scrutiny of this relationship might open up our understanding of disability.