Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. PREFACE ix
4. INTRODUCTION: UNSEEING IN THE EYE 1
5. 1. “SUPPOSE Α ΜΑΝ BORN BLIND . . .” 21
6. 2. DIDEROT: PHILOSOPHY AND THE WORLD OF THE BLIND 39
7. 3. CURING BLINDNESS: A MODERN MYTH 72
8. 4. A MODERN PROJECT: EDUCATING THE BLIND 95
9. 5. FROM CHATEAUBRIAND TO BALZAC: LITERATURE AND LOSS OF SIGHT 121
10. 6. HUGO: BLIND SEERS, BLIND LOVERS, AND THE VIOLENCE OF HISTORY 167
11. EPILOGUE 199
12. NOTES 213
13. INDEX 257