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The Making of the Modern Child: Children´s Literature in the Late Eighteenth Century
Andrew O´malley
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Description for The Making of the Modern Child: Children´s Literature in the Late Eighteenth Century
Paperback. This title explores how the concept of childhood in the Victorian era was constructed through ideological work in children's literature, as well as contemporary pedagogical and medical writing. Series: Children's Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 202 pages. BIC Classification: DSYC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 303.
This book explores how the concept of childhood in the late 18th century was constructed through the ideological work performed by children's literature, as well as pedagogical writing and medical literature of the era. Andrew O'Malley ties the evolution of the idea of "the child" to the growth of the middle class, which used the figure of the child as a symbol in its various calls for social reform.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
Series
Children's Literature and Culture
Number of Pages
202
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415514682
SKU
V9780415514682
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Ref
99-1
About Andrew O´malley
Andrew O’Malley is Associate Professor in the Department of English at Ryerson University, Canada.
Reviews for The Making of the Modern Child: Children´s Literature in the Late Eighteenth Century
"I would cetainly recommend this work to anyone interested in the history of childhood and its literatures. The scholarship is exemplary, and I was constantly discovering things that I should have known but did not. The theory is sound and not so obstrusive as to detract from the analysis it supports, and what the argument lacks in scope it makes ... Read more