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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation

Auteur(s) : Nelson, Claudia (1960-....) Voir les notices liées en tant qu'auteur

Titre(s) : Precocious children and childish adults [Texte imprimé] : age inversion in Victorian literature / Claudia Nelson

Publication : Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012

Description matérielle : 211 p. ; 24 cm

Comprend : 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.

Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-201) and index
"Especially evident in Victorian-era writings is a rhetorical tendency to liken adults to children and children to adults. Claudia Nelson examines this literary phenomenon and explores the ways in which writers discussed the child-adult relationship during this period. Though far from ubiquitous, the terms 'child-woman,' 'child-man,' and 'old-fashioned child' appear often enough in Victorian writings to prompt critical questions about the motivations and meanings of such generational border crossings. Nelson carefully considers the use of these terms and connects invocations of age inversion to developments in post-Darwinian scientific thinking and attitudes about gender roles, social class, sexuality, power, and economic mobility. She brilliantly analyzes canonical works of Charles Dickens, Charlotte Bront,︠ William Makepeace Thackeray, Bram Stoker, and Robert Louis Stevenson alongside lesser-known writings to demonstrate the diversity of literary age inversion and its profound influence on Victorian culture. By considering the full context of Victorian age inversion, Precocious Children and Childish Adults illuminates the complicated pattern of anxiety and desire that creates such ambiguity in the writings of the time. Scholars of Victorian literature and culture, as well as readers interested in childrens literature, childhood studies, and gender studies, will welcome this excellent work from a major figure in the field."--Publisher's description

Sujet(s) : Littérature anglaise -- 19e siècle Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Littérature anglaise pour la jeunesse -- 19e siècle Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Enfants -- Livres et lecture -- Grande-Bretagne -- 19e siècle Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Enfants -- Dans la littérature Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet