Books for children, books for adults : age and the novel from Defoe to James /

"In this groundbreaking and wide-ranging study, Teresa Michals explores why some books originally written for a mixed-age audience, such as Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, eventually became children's literature, while others, such as Samuel Richardson's Pamela, became adult nove...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Michals, Teresa, 1963-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Temas:
1700-1899
English fiction > 18th century > History and criticism.
English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
American fiction > 18th century > History and criticism.
American fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Books and reading > Great Britain > History.
Books and reading > United States > History.
Fiction > Appreciation > History.
Children's literature > History and criticism.
Adulthood in literature.
Children in literature.
Roman anglais > 18e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Roman anglais > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Roman américain > 18e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Roman américain > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Livres et lecture > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
Roman > Appréciation > Histoire.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
American fiction.
Books and reading.
Children's literature.
English fiction.
Fiction > Appreciation.
Alter
Englisch
Kinderliteratur
Leser
Literatur
Engelska romaner > historia.
Amerikanska romaner > historia.
Böcker och läsning > historia.
Skönlitteratur för mellanåldern > historia.
Romaner > mottagande > historia.
Barn i litteraturen.
Great Britain.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Rewriting Robinson Crusoe: age and the island
  • 3. Dating Pamela: Mr. B., Goody Two-Shoes, and the age of consent
  • 4. Rational moralists, highland barbarians, and the taste for adventures
  • 5. Educating Dickens: Old Boys, Little Mothers, and school time
  • 6. 'The time of real amusement': Henry James and the cult of adulthood.

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