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There plant eyes : a personal and cultural history of blindness

text There plant eyes : a personal and cultural history of blindness

Summary
"A probing, witty, and deeply insightful history of blindness--in Western culture and literature, and in the author's own experience--that ranges from Homer to Milton to Braille to Stevie Wonder. M. Leona Godin begins her fascinating, wide-ranging... Read more
Contents
Introduction: Seeing & Not-Seeing -- Homer's Blind Bard -- The Tenacious Grip of the Blind Seer -- I Once Was Blind but Now I See -- Out, Vile Jelly! -- Telescopes, Microscopes, Spectacles, and Speculations -- Darkness Visible -- The Molyneux Man ... Read more
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xviii, 331 pages ; 22 cm
Publisher
Pantheon Books 2021

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 305.9 GOD in Adult Non-fiction Available

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