Want a NOOK? Explore Now
From Hans Christian Andersen's fairytales to Lewis Carroll's wonderland and Emily Dickinson's poetic imagery, the writings of some of the world's most celebrated authors indicate signs of autism and Asperger Syndrome.
Through analysis of their written work, looking closely at areas such as content, structure, style and the writing process, Dr. Julie Brown highlights possible signs of autism in a variety of writers. Common threads in the works are explored, identifying signs of an autistic perception of life such as unconventional structure and confusion between genres, heightened attention to detail, and themes of alienation, and this is followed by individual chapters on specific writers.
This groundbreaking study of autism in literature will be of interest to anyone with a professional or personal interest in literature or the autistic mind.
Acknowledgements 6
Preface 7
1 Introduction 13
2 Hans Christian Andersen 37
3 Henry David Thoreau 59
4 Herman Melville 81
5 Emily Dickinson 95
6 Lewis Carroll 117
7 William Butler Yeats 139
8 Sherwood Anderson 159
9 Opal Whiteley 181
10 Autistic Autobiography 203
Further Reading 231
Overview
From Hans Christian Andersen's fairytales to Lewis Carroll's wonderland and Emily Dickinson's poetic imagery, the writings of some of the world's most celebrated authors indicate signs of autism and Asperger Syndrome.
Through analysis of their written work, looking closely at areas such as content, structure, style and the writing process, Dr. Julie Brown highlights possible signs of autism in a variety of writers. Common threads in the works are explored, identifying signs of ...