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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778469703321

Autore

Ferrall Charles

Titolo

Juvenile literature and British society, 1850-1950 [[electronic resource] ] : the age of adolescence / / Charles Ferrall and Anna Jackson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 2009

ISBN

1-135-23508-2

1-282-31570-6

9786612315701

0-203-86610-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (210 p.)

Collana

Children's literature and culture ; ; v. 68

Altri autori (Persone)

JacksonAnna <1967->

Disciplina

823/.809922820941

Soggetti

Children's stories, English - History and criticism

Adolescence in literature

Boys in literature

Girls in literature

Literature and society - Great Britain - History - 19th century

Literature and society - Great Britain - History - 20th century

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Series Editor's Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One: Sexuality and Sacrifice in the Boys' Stories before the War; Chapter Two: Romance and the Boys' Story; Chapter Three: Sexuality and Romance in the Girls' Stories; Illustrations; Chapter Four: Sacrifice and Independence in the Girls' Stories; Chapter Five: Boys' Stories between the Wars; Chapter Six: Girls' Stories between the Wars; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this study, Charles Ferrall and Anna Jackson argue that the Victorians created a concept of adolescence that lasted into the twentieth century and yet is strikingly at odds with post-Second World War notions of adolescence as a period of ""storm and stress."" In the enormously popular ""juvenile"" literature of the period, primarily boys' and girls' own adventure and school stories, adolescence is acknowledged as a time of sexual awareness and yet also of a romantic idealism that is



lost with marriage, a time when boys and girls acquire adult duties and responsibilities and yet have not