Helen Keller

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Optimism (eBook, ePUB)

Beschreibung

Helen Adams Keller was an American writer and social activist; an illness (possibly scarlet fever or meningitis) at the age of 19 months left her deaf and blind. No matter how dull, or how mean, or how wise a man is, he feels that happiness is his indisputable right. It is curious to observe what different ideals of happiness people cherish, and in what singular places they look for this well-spring of their life. Many look for it in the hoarding of riches, some in the pride of power, and others in the achievements of art and literature; a few seek it in the exploration of their own minds, or in search for knowledge. Most people measure their happiness in terms of physical pleasure and material possession. Could they win some visible goal which they have set on the horizon, how happy they could be! Lacking this gift or that circumstance, they would be miserable. If happiness is to be so measured, I who cannot hear or see have every reason to sit in a corner with folded hands and weep. If I am happy in spite of my deprivations, if my happiness is so deep that it is a faith, so thoughtful that it becomes a philosophy of life, - if, in short, I am an optimist, my testimony to the creed of optimism is worth hearing. Helen Keller was left blind and deaf by a terrible disease at the age of 19 months, trapped in a shell of incomprehensibility. With the help of Annie Sullivan, she was able to overcome these handicaps and educate herself. Shortly after her autobiography, My Story, appeared in 1900, this book on Optimism was also published.

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Autor

Helen Keller (1880-1968) Helen Keller was a prolific American author and a political and disability rights activist. When she was a toddler, Helen lost her sight and hearing. With the help of her teacher Anne Sullivan - who remained Helen's companion throughout her life - Helen Keller learned language in all its forms and went on to write multiple books on a variety of subjects. She spoke on a number of causes, the most prominent of which were her campaigns for disabilities and women's suffrage. Over her lifetime, Helen Keller wrote 14 books and many speeches. The Frost King, which was her first-ever published work at the age of 11, was alleged to have been plagiarized from another book by Margaret Canby, The Frost Fairies. But it was later revealed that she had experienced cryptomnesia, a condition where one knows something by memory but forgets that they know about it. Her autobiography, The Story of My Life, was published in 1903 and remains her most famous work, chronicling her life up to the age of 22. Her other works span across a variety of subjects, ranging from socialism in Out of the Dark (1913) and her religious and spiritual journey in Light in My Darkness (1927) to her general thoughts about the world in The World I Live In (1908).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Simon + Schuster LLC
• Seitenzahl: 26
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Dezember 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781625585561
• Artikelnr.: 49161685