JOURNAL ARTICLE

Queer Disabled Bodyminds in the Fairy Tales of Dinah Mulock Craik and Oscar Wilde.

  • Published In: Marvels & Tales, 2023, v. 37, n. 2. P. 175 1 of 3

  • Database: Academic Search Ultimate 2 of 3

  • Authored By: Pazdziora, John Patrick 3 of 3

Abstract

The potential influence of Dinah Mulock Craik on Oscar Wilde's fairy tales has been often remarked but seldom analyzed. This article suggests that Wilde enters a dynamic engagement with Craik's literary fairy tales, particularly in their shared critique of nineteenth-century notions of deviance and wholeness. Locating these texts at the intersection of disability studies and queer theory, this article uses Margaret Price's conception of bodymind to read Craik's The Little Lame Prince and His Traveling Cloak (1875) and Wilde's A House of Pomegranates (1891) as a complex literary encounter that subverts ableist assumptions regarding "a sound mind in a sound body." [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Additional Information

  • Source:Marvels & Tales. 2023/07, Vol. 37, Issue 2, p175
  • Document Type:Article
  • Subject Area:Literature and Writing
  • Publication Date:2023
  • ISSN:1521-4281
  • DOI:10.1353/mat.2023.a923681
  • Accession Number:176632492
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