{"product_id":"narrative-side-stepping-christian-lewis-9781501788161","title":"Narrative Side-Stepping: Disability in the Novel Beyond Normalcy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNarrative Side-Stepping \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eoffers a new feminist, queer, crip way of reading that embraces expansive narrative possibilities for disabled characters.\u003c\/b\u003e Instead of treating disabled characters as plot devices, metaphors, stereotypes, or marginal figures enforcing able-bodiedness, Christian Lewis argues that authors utilize disabled characters to question both social and literary conventions. Disability is thus not a limiting formal feature, but a source of experimentation and critique.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFocusing on the nineteenth century, which saw the rise of normalcy and the obsession over \"normal\" bodies, \u003ci\u003eNarrative Side-Stepping\u003c\/i\u003e centers female characters with mobility impairments in Victorian novels. These characters side-step by challenging the plots and roles available to them, offering narrative alternatives about how things \"might have been.\" Examining the works of Charles Dickens, Anthony Trollope, Wilkie Collins, Harriet Martineau, and Charlotte Yonge, Lewis reconceptualizes the Victorian novel as a space where disabled characters can thrive. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy theorizing disabled characters and what they can do in a more reparative and capacious manner, \u003ci\u003eNarrative Side-Stepping\u003c\/i\u003e allows us to think about the novel beyond the confines of normalcy, side-stepping into a more accessible and accommodating world for those with disabilities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christian Lewis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501788167\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501788161\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Christian Lewis","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48799012880639,"sku":"9781501788161","price":145.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/narrative-side-stepping-christian-lewis-9781501788161","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}