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This book argues that the most interesting depictions of blindness in French fiction are those which call into question and ultimately undermine the prevailing myths and stereotypes of blindness which dominate Western thought.
Hannah Thompson is Reader in French at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. She is the author of the popular Blind Spot Blog.
Introduction.- Chapter One: The French Metanarrative of Blindness.- Chapter Two: The Creative ‘Look’ of the Blind ‘Seer’.- Chapter Three: Non-Visual Language and Descriptive Blindness.- Chapter Four: Male Desire and the Paradox of Blind Sexuality.- Chapter Five: Silenced Sexualities: Listening to the Voice of the Blind Woman.- Chapter Six: Blind Assassins.- Chapter Seven: Science, Fantasy and (In)Visible Blindness.- Conclusion.- Works Cited.- Index.-