History and the construction of the child in early British children's literature

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Ashgate
Language
English

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Table of Contents

Introduction: setting off on an exemplary adventure
The emergence of the ordinary: parents and children on the deserted isle
The failure of the ordinary: the function of death in the family robinsonade
Engaging the ordinary reader: fictionalized history for children
"Men in petticoats" and girls in pants: contesting ordinary femininity in historical fiction for girls
Epilogue: the end of an adventure?

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Farnham, England, Burlington, VT
Series
Ashgate studies in childhood, 1700 to the present

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823/.08729099282
Library of Congress
PR830.C513 H67 2011, PR830.C513H67 2011, PR830.C513 H67 2016

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL25045698M
ISBN 13
9781409407881, 9781409407898
LCCN
2011001047
OCLC/WorldCat
952933875, 696321947

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