Perceptions of Childhood in the Victorian Fin-de-Siècle.
Sattaur, Jennifer.
Perceptions of Childhood in the Victorian Fin-de-Siècle. - Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2011. - 1 online resource (171 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: change and childhood -- Childhood and evolution: Jekyll and Hyde and the monstrous child -- Childhood and aestheticism: The Happy Prince and the idealised child -- Childhood and religion: Lilith and the suffering child -- Childhood and empire: The Jungle Books and the savage child -- The uncanny child: The Turn of the Screw -- Childhood and education: Cautionary Tales for Children and the criminal child -- Conclusion: child and trickster: the end of eras.
This book reads Victorian fin de siècle literature through the medium of perceptions of childhood. It examines the connection between 'monstrous' and idealistic symbolic representations of childhood represented by key cultural discourses of the Victorian fin-de-siècle. Specifically, anxieties about change are linked closely to anxieties about childhood, procreation, and maturation in a range of Children's and Adults' texts from the 1860s to the 1890s. The book demonstrates the ways in which t ...
English.
9781443827706 (electronic bk.) 1443827703 (electronic bk.) 9781443826884 144382688X 1283142236 9781283142236 9786613142238 6613142239
9786613142238
314223 MIL
GBB6F6080 bnb
017829926 Uk
1800-1899
Children in literature.
English literature--History and criticism.--19th century
Children's literature, English--History and criticism.
Littérature anglaise--Histoire et critique.--19e siècle
Littérature de jeunesse anglaise--Histoire et critique.
Society & social sciences.
LITERARY CRITICISM--European--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Children in literature.
Children's literature, English.
English literature.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PN56.5.C48
820.9352309034
Perceptions of Childhood in the Victorian Fin-de-Siècle. - Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2011. - 1 online resource (171 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: change and childhood -- Childhood and evolution: Jekyll and Hyde and the monstrous child -- Childhood and aestheticism: The Happy Prince and the idealised child -- Childhood and religion: Lilith and the suffering child -- Childhood and empire: The Jungle Books and the savage child -- The uncanny child: The Turn of the Screw -- Childhood and education: Cautionary Tales for Children and the criminal child -- Conclusion: child and trickster: the end of eras.
This book reads Victorian fin de siècle literature through the medium of perceptions of childhood. It examines the connection between 'monstrous' and idealistic symbolic representations of childhood represented by key cultural discourses of the Victorian fin-de-siècle. Specifically, anxieties about change are linked closely to anxieties about childhood, procreation, and maturation in a range of Children's and Adults' texts from the 1860s to the 1890s. The book demonstrates the ways in which t ...
English.
9781443827706 (electronic bk.) 1443827703 (electronic bk.) 9781443826884 144382688X 1283142236 9781283142236 9786613142238 6613142239
9786613142238
314223 MIL
GBB6F6080 bnb
017829926 Uk
1800-1899
Children in literature.
English literature--History and criticism.--19th century
Children's literature, English--History and criticism.
Littérature anglaise--Histoire et critique.--19e siècle
Littérature de jeunesse anglaise--Histoire et critique.
Society & social sciences.
LITERARY CRITICISM--European--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Children in literature.
Children's literature, English.
English literature.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PN56.5.C48
820.9352309034