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

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"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, t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nelson, Claudia
Language:English
Published: Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, [2012], ©2012.
Subjects:
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.
Physical Description:211 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book

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