Disabled Literature: A Critical Examination of the Portrayal of Individuals with Disabilities in Selected Works of Modern and Contemporary American Literature

This book by Beauchamp Chung Mogilner and Svetlana Zakinova examines how authors have used characters with disabilities to elicit emotional reactions in readers; additionally how writers use disabilities to present individuals as the other rather than simply as people. Finally the book discusses how literature has changed or is changing with regards to its presentation of those with a disability.