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Take up Thy Bed and Walk

Name: Take up Thy Bed and Walk
Author: Lois Keith
ISBN: 9780415937405

by Lois Keith

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Overview

Take Up Thy Bed and Walk provides an in-depth critical analysis of a number of nineteenth and early twentieth-century works for girls, including Jane Eyre, Little Women, The Secret Garden, and Pollyanna. Lois Keith argues that these works reflect the widespread beliefs that a disabled life isn't a full life and that patients can cure themselves through force of will. She also situates her study in a modern context by discussing representations of disabled people in contemporary films such as Breaking the Waves, contemporary plays such as Broken Glass, and in the media coverage of Christopher Reeve.