Introduction, "Disabled Shakespeares"

Hobgood, Allison P.; Wood, David Houston

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“…5 This situation has now begun to change significantly, especially due to the pioneering work of Allison Hobgood and David Houston Wood, whose special issue of Disability Studies Quarterly focusing on 'Disabled Shakespeares' appeared a decade ago. 6 They followed this up with their edited collection, which directly challenged Davis's statement dismissing the premodern from the history of disability, stating categorically that '"Disability" was indeed an operational identity category in the English Renaissance'. 7 Disability has now become one of the most exciting and lively areas of early modern scholarship.…”

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Introduction: Disability in Early Modern Theatre

Anderson

2019

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The introduction to this selection of essays briefly outlines the recent flourishing of scholarship in disability studies and its perhaps rather belated entry into the field of early modern drama. It discusses the broader opportunities presented by synthesizing developments in disability theory with research on early modern theatre and argues for the vital importance of historical disability scholarship. While introducing some of the directions that disability scholarship on early modern theatre might take, this introduction argues that studying early modern disability offers innovative ways of imagining difference in bodies and minds both in the past and now.

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Section: Susan L Andersonmentioning

confidence: 99%