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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Pfeiffer, Julie (Julie Kristine) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2021]
Series:Children's Literature Association series.
Subjects:
1800-1899
Girls in literature.
Adolescence in literature.
Teenage girls in literature.
Young adult fiction, American > History and criticism.
Young adult fiction, German > History and criticism.
American literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
German literature > 19th century > History and criticism.
Daughters in literature.
Filles dans la littérature.
Adolescence dans la littérature.
Adolescentes dans la littérature.
Roman pour jeunes adultes américain > Histoire et critique.
Littérature américaine > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Littérature allemande > 19e siècle > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Children's Literature
Daughters in literature
Adolescence in literature
American literature
German literature
Girls in literature
Teenage girls in literature
Young adult fiction, American
Young adult fiction, German
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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