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Author:

Tribunella, Eric L.

Title:

Melancholia and maturation : the use of trauma in American children's literature / Eric L. Tribunella.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

University of Tennessee Press,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

xxxvii, 161 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Maturation (Psychology) in literature.
Loss (Psychology) in literature.
Psychic trauma in literature.
Children's stories, American--History and criticism.
Young adult fiction, American--History and criticism.
Bildungsromans, American--History and criticism.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Losing and using queer youth -- A boy and his dog -- Knowing, unknowing, and the achievement of young adulthood -- Melancholic development and Revolutionary War fiction for children -- Melancholic sacrifice and the Holocaust in American children's culture -- Coda: physical trauma, childhood embodiment, and children's literature.

ISBN:

1572336811 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781572336810 (hardcover : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)317383420

LCCN:

2009010590

Locations:

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

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)