Victober Vignettes: Disability In Victorian Literature With Professor Kylee-Anne Hingston

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Books Mentioned In This Video:
The Pillars of the House by Charlotte Mary Yonge
The Heir of Redclyffe by Charlotte Mary Yonge
The Three Brides by Charlotte Mary Yonge
The Little Lame Prince by Dinah Mullock Craik
John Halifax, a Gentleman by Dinah Mullock Craik
Bleak House by Charles Dickens
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Dombey and Son by Charles Dickens
Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell
Poor Miss Finch by Wilkie Collins
The Law and the Lady by Wilkie Collins

[@elizabethbrink3761]

This was such a lovely interview! The discussions about The Little Lame Prince, The Law and the Lady/Poor Miss Finch, and Charlotte Mary Yonge are so fascinating and helpful! Pillars of the House!! Thank you Professor Hingston for your wonderful insights!

[@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711]

This topic is of particular interest to me, but it was also lovely to hear Kylee-Anne's Victorian literature journey.

[@meghanthestorygirl4581]

This was fascinating! I also liked that you found a Canadian guest 😆

[@Marta-pl297]

Thank you so much for this discussion! I always enjoy finding out when people fell in love with Victorian literature and hearing what the first Victorian books they remember reading were. It's also fun to have professors or teachers talk about their experience and the misconceptions their students have about Victorian literature!
I've just read The Law and the Lady, and this gave me a new insight into the representation of disability in the novel. While I loved the book, the way Merrimus Dexter is described is awful. The idea that Collins was trying to challenge the idea of what was normal at the time, with the characters of Merrimus Dexter and Ariel (who, by the way, is treated horribly by him) is interesting. It doesn't suddenly make the representation great, but I'd be interested in reading some articles about it!

[@josmith5992]

Another great interview Kate! It was so fascinating to hear about Kaylee’s experience with not only reading Victorian Lit, but teaching it and clearly I need to read some Charlotte Mary Yonge; in fact I think I’ll be focusing on the disability aspect more closely whenever I read or reread the books you listed. Funnily enough I just happened to read a short story by Harriet Parr the other day called My Blind Sister where a young girl goes blind and refuses to marry a man who loves her because of it, she learns to play the piano and sings and plays at home and in church but then a brand new medical procedure, which I believe was based in medicine of the time, restores her sight.

[@darrylfriesen]

What a fascinating conversation! It makes me want to read a whole lot more Charlotte Mary Yonge!!

[@gracetaylor7351]

Thank you Kate I really did like this and listening to this .

[@toddbelanger1923]

This was fantastic...absolutely love this channel... awesome guests... always learning something

[@lorrainetaylor9852]

Another excellent guest. Thank you.

[@amyofhearthridge]

Fascinating conversation, Kate! Thank you. ♥️🥰 I found the bit so interesting about Wives & Daughters at the end!

[@faithbooks7906]

There must have been so many disabled or people suffering the after effects of surviving severe illness. My mother went blind and she developed the most uncanny acute hearing! She also was strongly devout in a really admirable way so I am with the Victorians on this from my own personal life experience. Really interesting video!

[@sm-k5513]

I think that a lot of blind people have extra developed their sense of hearing. We had a blind piano tuner coming to our house and look at Andrea Bocelli!

[@MissCottonSocks]

Fascinating discussion, thank you. I'll definitely have to try to read some of prof Hingston's work if I can...
Just FYI, there are two books that were mentioned that aren't listed in your 'books mentioned' section under the video: Yonge's The Daisy Chain and Gaskell's Mary Barton.

[@dianesellepedrosa1876]

Thank you! 🧡🍂

[@katiejlumsden]

I’m so late to watching this, but this was great!

[@Thecatladybooknook_PennyD]

This was great!!!❤