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Precocious children and childish adults : age inversion in Victorian literature / Claudia Nelson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nelson, Claudia.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English literature--19th century--History and criticism.
- English literature.
- Children's stories, English--History and criticism.
- Children's stories, English.
- Children in literature.
- Adulthood in literature.
- Books and reading--Great Britain--History--19th century.
- Books and reading.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (224 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Scholars of Victorian literature and culture, as well as readers interested in children's literature, childhood studies, and gender studies, will welcome this excellent work from a major figure in the field.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- One: The Old-Fashioned Child and the Uncanny Double
- Two: The Arrested Child-Man and Social Threat
- Three: Women as Girls
- Four: Girls as Women
- Five: Boys as Men
- Conclusion: The Adult Reader as Child
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Y.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-201) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-4214-0612-8
- OCLC:
- 806247909
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