Precocious children and childish adults : age inversion in Victorian literature /

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"Especially evident in Victorian-era writings is a rhetorical tendency to liken adults to children and children to adults. Claudia Nelson examines this literary phenomenon and explores the ways in which writers discussed the child-adult relationship during this period. Though far from ubiquitou...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nelson, Claudia
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012.
Temas:
Geschichte 1830-1901.
1800-1899
Books and reading > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Adulthood in literature.
Children in literature.
Children's stories, English > History and criticism.
English literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Livres et lecture > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Histoires pour enfants anglaises > Histoire et critique.
Littérature anglaise > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Books and reading.
Children's stories, English.
English literature.
Englisch
Das Kindliche
Erwachsener > Motiv
Frühreife
Kind > Motiv
Great Britain.
Roman > Rumänien
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The old-fashioned child and the uncanny double
  • The arrested child-man and social threat
  • Women as girls
  • Girls as women
  • Boys as men
  • Conclusion: The adult reader as child.

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