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The mighty child : time and power in children's literature / Clementine Beauvais, Christ's College Cambridge.
Van Pelt Library PN1009.5.T55 B43 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Beauvais, Clémentine.
- Series:
- Children's literature, culture, and cognition ; 4.
- Children's literature, culture, and cognition ; 4
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Children's literature--History and criticism.
- Children's literature.
- Time in literature.
- Power (Philosophy) in literature.
- Physical Description:
- x, 226 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2015]
- Contents:
- 1 Table of figures p. ix
- 2 Acknowledgements p. xi
- 3 Introduction p. 1
- 4 Part I. Time
- 5 From puer aeternus to puer existens p. 15
- 6 Childhood and the future p. 43
- 7 Part II. Otherness
- 8 "Gaps", desire, and the didactic discourse p. 69
- 9 Problems of others p. 103
- 10 Part III. Commitment
- 11 "An exigence and a gift" p. 147
- 12 The pedagogical romance p. 185
- 13 Conclusion p. 205
- 14 Bibliography p. 211
- 15 First names index p. 221
- 15 Name index p. 221
- 16 Nouns index p. 223
- 16 Subject index p. 223.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9789027201584
- 9027201587
- OCLC:
- 889997108
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