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Juvenile literature and British society, 1850-1950 : the age of adolescence / Charles Ferrall and Anna Jackson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ferrall, Charles.
- Series:
- Children's literature and culture ; v. 68.
- Children's literature and culture ; v. 68
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Children's stories, English--History and criticism.
- Children's stories, English.
- Adolescence in literature.
- Boys in literature.
- Girls in literature.
- Literature and society--Great Britain--History--19th century.
- Literature and society.
- Literature and society--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (210 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this study, Charles Ferrall and Anna Jackson argue that the Victorians created a concept of adolescence that lasted into the twentieth century and yet is strikingly at odds with post-Second World War notions of adolescence as a period of ""storm and stress."" In the enormously popular ""juvenile"" literature of the period, primarily boys' and girls' own adventure and school stories, adolescence is acknowledged as a time of sexual awareness and yet also of a romantic idealism that is lost with marriage, a time when boys and girls acquire adult duties and responsibilities and yet have not
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Series Editor's Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One: Sexuality and Sacrifice in the Boys' Stories before the War; Chapter Two: Romance and the Boys' Story; Chapter Three: Sexuality and Romance in the Girls' Stories; Illustrations; Chapter Four: Sacrifice and Independence in the Girls' Stories; Chapter Five: Boys' Stories between the Wars; Chapter Six: Girls' Stories between the Wars; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-135-23508-2
- 1-282-31570-6
- 9786612315701
- 0-203-86610-X
- 9780203866108
- OCLC:
- 466906585
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