Transforming Girls : The Work of Nineteenth-Century Adolescence /

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"Transforming Girls: The Work of Nineteenth-Century Adolescence explores the paradox of the nineteenth-century girls' book. On the one hand, early novels for adolescent girls rely on gender binaries and suggest that girls must accommodate and support a patriarchal framework to be happy. On...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Pfeiffer, Julie (Julie Kristine) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2021]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Young adult fiction, German.
Young adult fiction, American.
Teenage girls in literature.
Girls in literature.
German literature.
American literature.
Adolescence in literature.
Daughters in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Children's Literature
Litterature allemande > 19e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Litterature americaine > 19e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Roman pour jeunes adultes americain > Histoire et critique.
Adolescentes dans la litterature.
Adolescence dans la litterature.
Filles dans la litterature.
German literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Young adult fiction, German > History and criticism.
Young adult fiction, American > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Chapter one: Defining the backfisch
  • Chapter two: The romance of othermothering
  • Chapter three: Converting girls into women
  • Chapter four:The backfisch and fantasies of growth
  • Chapter five: The homesick heroine
  • Conclusion: loving girls, loving growth
  • Notes
  • Works cited
  • Index.

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