Critical children : the use of childhood in ten great novels /

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In Critical Children, Richard Locke follows child characters in classic novels for adults and their use in exploring or evading social, psychological, and moral problems. Moving from Dickens's Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, and Pip in Great Expectations to Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer and Huc...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Locke, Richard, 1941-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2011.
Temas:
Children in literature.
American fiction > History and criticism.
English fiction > History and criticism.
Roman américain > Histoire et critique.
Roman anglais > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
LITERARY CRITICISM > General.
American fiction
Children in literature
English fiction
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Charles Dickens's heroic victims: Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, and Pip
  • Mark Twain's free spirits and slaves: Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn
  • Henry James's demonic lambs: Miles and Flora in The turn of the screw
  • J.M. Barrie's eternal narcissist: Peter Pan
  • J.D. Salinger's saintly dropout: Holden Caulfield
  • Vladimir Nabokov's abused nymph: Lolita
  • Philip Roth's performing loudmouth: Alexander Portnoy.

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