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Author:

Fleming, Patrick C., author.

Title:

The legacy of the moral tale : children's literature and the English novel, 1744-1859 / Patrick C. Fleming.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

The University of Tennessee Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

ix, 234 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Children's literature, English--History and criticism.
Fables, English--History and criticism.
Ethics in literature.
English fiction--18th century--History and criticism.
English fiction--19th century--History and criticism.
Children's literature, English.
English fiction.
Ethics in literature.
Fables, English.
1700-1899
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [207]-226) and index.

Contents:

The rise of the moral tale -- The moral tale comes of age: Maria Edgeworth and the romantic novel -- Discipline and narrate: the moral tale and the Newgate novel -- Charles Dickens and the instructive monomaniac -- 1859 and after.

ISBN:

1621902048
9781621902041

OCLC:

(OCoLC)911255273

LCCN:

2015016625

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)