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Out of print for nearly a century, The World I Live In is Helen Keller''s most personal and intellectually adventurous work—one that transforms our appreciation of her extraordinary achievements. Here this preternaturally gifted deaf and blind young woman closely describes her sensations and the workings of her imagination, while making the pro-vocative argument that the whole spectrum of the senses lies open to her through the medium of language. Standing in the line of the works of Emerson and Thoreau, The World I Live In is a profoundly suggestive exercise in self-invention, and a true, rediscovered classic of American literature.

This new edition of The World I Live In also includes Helen Keller''s early essay 'Optimism,' as well as her first published work, 'My Story,' written when she was twelve.

The World I Live In

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    A Paperback / softback by Helen Keller

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      Publisher The New York Review of Books, Inc
      Published 31 January 2004
      ISBN-13 9781590170670
      978-1590170670
      ISBN-10 1590170679
      Also in:
      Autobiography: general Disability: social aspects

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Out of print for nearly a century, The World I Live In is Helen Keller''s most personal and intellectually adventurous work—one that transforms our appreciation of her extraordinary achievements. Here this preternaturally gifted deaf and blind young woman closely describes her sensations and the workings of her imagination, while making the pro-vocative argument that the whole spectrum of the senses lies open to her through the medium of language. Standing in the line of the works of Emerson and Thoreau, The World I Live In is a profoundly suggestive exercise in self-invention, and a true, rediscovered classic of American literature.

      This new edition of The World I Live In also includes Helen Keller''s early essay 'Optimism,' as well as her first published work, 'My Story,' written when she was twelve.

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