Take Up Thy Bed and Walk Author:Lois Keith Take Up Thy Bed and Walk provides an in-depth critical analysis of a number of nineteenth and early twentieth-century works for girls, including Jane Eyre, Little Women, The Secret Garden, and Pollyanna. Lois Keith argues that these works reflect the widespread beliefs that a disabled life isn't a full life and... more » that patients can cure themselves through force of will. She also situates her study in a modern context by discussing representations of disabled people in contemporary films such as Breaking the Waves, contemporary plays such as BrokenGlass, and in the media coverage of Christopher Reeve.« less