Men with Bifocal Glasses: I...Wonder
Overview and Issues
[edit | edit source]- Article on disability in Dorothy Dunnett's works.
- WG146
Abstract
[edit | edit source]- The article discusses disability and disabled characters in Lymond Chronicles, House of Niccolo and Johnson Johnson books including the use of disability as a disguise, the credibility of the heroic plot and a more detailed discussion of Johnson Johnson role as a spy and his relationship with his various partners in the context of his assumed disabilities.
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People
[edit | edit source]Fictional Character
[edit | edit source]- Lymond - social disability, 'hunchback'
- Nicholas
- Christian Stewart - blindness
- Robin of Berecrofts
- Johnson Johnson - bifocals, presbyopia, immuno-compromised
- Rita Geddes - dyslexia
- Wendy Helmann
- Joanna Emerson
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Literature
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Illustrations
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Historical Events
[edit | edit source]- Cold War
Other References
[edit | edit source]- disable characters
- blindness
- spectacles
- dyslexia
Quotes from Dunnett
[edit | edit source]- "The series itself became a record of changing social habits over a quarter of a century as applied to a man who has aged by only a few years in the same time... [It] saves a lot of bother, and even adds to the already surreal and frivolous tone of the series.' The Miraculous Mirror, The Dorothy Dunnett Society. p30. (Referring to Dolly Series)