This article reviews some instances of disability in Shakespeare's works and some instances
of Disability Studies in Shakespeare studies. Contrary to the claims of the Disabled …

Monstrous Kinds is the first book to explore textual representations of disability in the global
Renaissance. Elizabeth B. Bearden contends that monstrosity, as a precursor to modern …

Over the last few decades disability studies has emerged not only as a discipline in itself but
also as a catalyst for cultural disability studies and Disability Studies in Education. In this …

Shakespearean Drama, Disability, and the Filmic Stare synthesizes Laura Mulvey's male
gaze and Rosemarie Garland-Thomson's stare into a new critical lens, the filmic stare, in …

This essay argues that the figure of Cripple, central to the unattributed play The Fair Maid of
the Exchange (1607), can reshape critical notions of early modern disability. Cripple …

Sprache und Literatur sind grundlegende Elemente von Kultur; ihre Erforschung ist somit für
das kulturelle Modell von Behinderung im Sinne der Disability Studies zentral. Der Beitrag …

This essay explores disability representations as they manifest in examples of English
Renaissance drama and in early modern England more broadly. The section on “Disability …

The existence of disabled people has been woven through the tapestries and popular
narratives of history. Disabled people were never seen as 'winners' or victors, so our history …

ABSTRACT A new subfield has begun to develop in scholarship of the English
Renaissance: early modern neurodiversity studies. This essay, written by two scholars who …

Shakespeare's Henry VI trilogy is jam-packed with spectacle: heads are severed and made
to kiss, women dress as men and lead armies, ghosts predict the future, and a plethora of …