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Author:

Nelson, Claudia.

Title:

Precocious children & childish adults : age inversion in Victorian literature / Claudia Nelson.

Publisher:

Johns Hopkins University Press,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

211 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

English literature--19th century--History and criticism.
Children's stories, English--History and criticism.
Children in literature.
Adulthood in literature.
Books and reading--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-201) and index.

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.

ISBN:

1421406128 (electronic)
9781421406121 (electronic)
1421405342 (hdbk. : acid-free paper)
9781421405346 (hdbk. : acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)759491767

LCCN:

2011042884

Locations:

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

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)