[nabs-l] Research: Representation of blindness in literature

[Julie McGinnity]

There is a book called Girl, Stolen by April Henry that is about a
blind girl who is kidnapped.  Jane Eyre is a good one in my opinion.
But if you're looking for something a bit more about blind characters
adjusting to blindness you can always find Follow my Leader.  Blind
Sighted is another more recent one.  If you want something a little
more fantastical, there is a blind character in Libba Bray's new book
the Diviners.  There is also Beastly, which was made into a movie a
couple years ago.  But those are more modern and American(except for
Jane Eyre).  Even so, they might be interesting reads for you.

On 4/25/13, Joe <jsoro620 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Focus on the Family featured a blind character in their Adventures in
> Odyssey series. Not literature, strictly speaking, though the radio show did
> produce some films and book editions, I believe. Also, I forget the exact
> name of the book, but was it something like The Seeing Summer? It's about
> the girl who is kidnapped and held for ransom.--Joe
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Carrie Gilmer
> Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 3:54 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Research: Representation of blindness in literature
>
> Hello-
> Two of my best friends from college were international students from Sweden,
> over 25 years ago. we are still very close.  Asked them what they knew. they
> both said they can recall absolutely no blind character in lit anywhere from
> childhood or young adulthood, and both also had never seen a blind person
> until sometime after coming to U.S. ...may be a difficult  or sparse topic.
> best of luck
> Carrie
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Apr 23, 2013, at 9:55 PM, Kaiti Shelton <crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I don't know of anything specifically Swedish, but I've seen several
>> depictions of blindness depicted in English literature.  There is one
>> book called, "Hannah," where a blind girl wants to go to school.  She
>> seems super dependent in there to me, but the book is also set in the
>> 19th century so back then that might have been more common.  In the
>> end she participates in some sort of harvesting contest to try to
>> raise money to buy a brailler, and when she can't fathom how she's won
>> she finds that the town kept putting their picked fruits/vegitables in
>> her basket instead of their own.  There is also a book I've come
>> across called, "From Charlie's Point of View, although I haven't
>> really read it.
>>
>> On 4/23/13, Leye-Shprintse <leyeshprintse at ymail.com> wrote:
>>> BS"D
>>>
>>> Dear NABS,
>>>
>>> I'm a blind student and it's time for me to start writing my thesis.
>>> I've chosen to write about the representation of blindness in Swedish
>>> children's and youth literature. I wonder if you've some ideas where
>>> I can rasearch information to my thesis, do you know if someone else
>>> have written about this subject? I think it's a very important
>>> subject but since Swedish isn't a big language I can't find so much
>>> information here. I'm happy for all ideas you can give me! It feels
>>> so big to write a thesis so I'm a bit overwhelmed! Forgive my bad
>>> English!
>>>
>>> Kind regards,
>>> Leye-Shprintse
>>>
>>> Envoyé de mon iPad
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>> --
>> Kaiti
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-- 
Julie McG
National Association of Guide dog Users board member,  National
Federation of the Blind performing arts division secretary,
Missouri Association of Guide dog Users President,
and Guiding Eyes for the Blind graduate 2008
"For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that
everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal
life."
John 3:16