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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465363303321

Autore

Gubar Marah <1973->

Titolo

Artful dodgers [[electronic resource] ] : reconceiving the golden age of children's literature / / Marah Gubar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009

ISBN

0-19-988744-6

0-19-975674-0

9786611987060

1-281-98706-9

0-19-971447-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (279 p.)

Disciplina

820.9

Soggetti

Children's literature, English - History and criticism

English literature - 19th century - History and criticism

Children in literature

Adolescence in literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-251) and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION: "Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast"; CHAPTER ONE: "Our Field": The Rise of the Child Narrator; CHAPTER TWO: Collaborating with the Enemy: Treasure Island as Anti-Adventure Story; CHAPTER THREE: Reciprocal Aggression: Un-Romantic Agency in the Art of Lewis Carroll; CHAPTER FOUR: Partners in Crime: E. Nesbit and the Art of Thieving; CHAPTER FIVE: The Cult of the Child and the Controversy over Child Actors; CHAPTER SIX: Burnett, Barrie, and the Emergence of Children's Theatre; NOTES; WORKS CITED; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W

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Sommario/riassunto

Preface  Introduction: ""Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast""  ""Our Field"": The Rise of the Child Narrator  2. Collaborating with the Enemy: Treasure Island  3. Reciprocal Aggression: Unromantic Agency in the Art of Lewis Carroll  4. Partners in Crime: E. Nesbit and the Art of



Thieving  5. The Cult of the Child and the Controversy over Child Actors  6. Burnett, Barrie, and the Emergence of Children's Theatre  Index