1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910790402103321

Autore

Greteman Blaine

Titolo

The poetics and politics of youth in Milton's England / / Blaine Greteman, University of Iowa [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013

ISBN

1-139-89180-4

1-107-42464-X

1-107-42263-9

1-107-42070-9

1-139-81189-4

1-107-41691-4

1-107-41954-9

1-107-41822-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 252 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

820.9/354

Soggetti

English literature - Early modern, 1500-1700 - History and criticism

Children in literature

Youth in literature

Children and politics - History - 17th century

Literature and society - England - History - 17th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Childish things -- Coming of age on stage: Jonson's epicoene and the politics of childhood in early Stuart England -- Children, literature, and the problem of consent -- Contract's children: Thomas Hobbes and the culture of subjection -- 'Perplex't paths': youth and authority in Milton's early work -- 'Children of reviving libertie': the radical politics of Milton's pedagogy -- 'Youthful beauty': infancy and adulthood among the angels of Paradise Lost -- Children of paradise -- Epilogue: 'Children gathering pebbles on the shore'.

Sommario/riassunto

As the notion of government by consent took hold in early modern England, many authors used childhood and maturity to address contentious questions of political representation - about who has a



voice and who can speak on his or her own behalf. For John Milton, Ben Jonson, William Prynne, Thomas Hobbes and others, the period between infancy and adulthood became a site of intense scrutiny, especially as they examined the role of a literary education in turning children into political actors. Drawing on new archival evidence, Blaine Greteman argues that coming of age in the seventeenth century was a uniquely political act. His study makes a compelling case for understanding childhood as a decisive factor in debates over consent, autonomy and political voice, and will offer graduate students and scholars a new perspective on the emergence of apolitical children's literature in the eighteenth century.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910819281903321

Autore

Grenby M. O.

Titolo

Children's literature / / M. O. Grenby

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh, [Scotland] : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2014

2014

ISBN

0-7486-4907-7

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 p.)

Collana

Edinburgh Critical Guides

Disciplina

820.99282

Soggetti

Children's literature, English - History and criticism

Children's literature, American - History and criticism

Children's literature, American

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

Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Series Preface; Acknowledgements; Chronology; Introduction; Chapter 1. Fables; Chapter 2. Poetry; Chapter 3. Moral Tales and Problem Novels; Chapter 4. The School Story; Chapter 5. The Family Story; Chapter 6. Fantasy; Chapter 7. The Adventure Story; Chapter 8. Illustrations and Picturebooks; Conclusion; Student Resources; Glossary; Guide to Further Reading; Index