Critical Children : The Use of Childhood in Ten Great Novels /

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The ten novels explored in Critical Children portray children so vividly that their names are instantly recognizable. Richard Locke traces the 130-year evolution of these iconic child characters, moving from Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, and Pip in Great Expectations to Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Locke, Richard (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2011]
Temas:
American fiction > History and criticism.
Children in literature.
English fiction > History and criticism.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1. Charles Dickens's heroic victims: Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, and Pip
  • 2. Mark Twain's free spirits and slaves: Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn
  • 3. Henry James's demonic lambs: Miles and Flora in The Turn of the Screw
  • 4. J. M. Barrie's Eternal Narcissist: Peter Pan
  • 5. J. D.Salinger's saintly dropout: Holden Caulfield
  • 6. Vladimir Nabokov's abused nymph: Lolita
  • 7. Philip Roth's performing loudmouth: Alexander Portnoy
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index

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