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

Published Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012

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Description 211 pages ; 24 cm Contents 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 Notes Formerly CIP. Uk Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Adulthood in literature. Books and reading -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. Children's stories, English -- History and criticism. Children in literature. English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism. LC no. 2011042884 ISBN 1421405342 (hdbk. : acid-free paper) 1421406128 (electronic) 9781421405346 (hdbk. : acid-free paper) 9781421406121 (electronic)

Other Titles Precocious children and childish adults

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