Helen Keller's 'Sense of light': life-writing, light-writing and the photosynthetic subject

• Published in: Textual practice Vol. 38; no. 9; pp. 1380 - 1404
• Main Author: Lewis, Jayne
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abindgon Routledge 01.09.2024; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: aesthesis; Aesthetics; Autobiographical literature; Deafblind; Disability; disability aesthetics; Helen Keller; Inscriptions; Keller, Helen (1880-1968); life-writing; Light; Luminescence; mimesis; Modernity; Mysticism; photography; Sensory perception; Surrealism; Touch; Writing
• ISSN: 0950-236X; 1470-1308
• DOI: 10.1080/0950236X.2024.2379176

Contributors to Mere Light ask how 'light' falls in and through the non-visual medium of the literary text, illuminating that medium's potential to initiate an experience of immediacy. While we might look to the luminous inscriptions of medieval mystics for its template, a fascinating...