Shakespeare and the Construction of Intellectual Disability: The Case of Touchstone
In this article I analyse how Shakespeare uses early modern paradigms of intellectual disability to construct the identity of Touchstone, the fool of As You Like It. Although Touchstone is no real fool but simply performs like one, his actions and mocking reflections on the characters he faces expos...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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The Ohio State University Libraries
2020-12-01
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| Series: | Disability Studies Quarterly |
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| Online Access: | https://dsq-sds.org/article/view/6903 |