JUVENILE LITERATURE AND BRITISH SOCIETY, 1850-1950 by Charles Ferrall, Anna Jackson ( 9780415964760 )

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JUVENILE LITERATURE AND BRITISH SOCIETY, 1850-1950
THE AGE OF ADOLESCENCE

By:

Charles Ferrall, Anna Jackson

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Hardback

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ISBN 10:

0415964768

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9780415964760

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Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

1 September, 2009

Series:

Children's Literature and Culture

Pages:

210

Description:

Argues that the Victorians created a concept of adolescence that lasted into the twentieth century and yet is strikingly at odds with post-Second World War notions of adolescence as a period of 'storm and stress'.

Synopsis:

In this study, Charles Ferrall and Anna Jackson argue that the Victorians created a concept of adolescence that lasted into the twentieth century and yet is strikingly at odds with post-Second World War notions of adolescence as a period of "storm and stress." In the enormously popular "juvenile" literature of the period, primarily boys' and girls' own adventure and school stories, adolescence is acknowledged as a time of sexual awareness and yet also of a romantic idealism that is lost with marriage, a time when boys and girls acquire adult duties and responsibilities and yet have not had to assume the roles of breadwinner or household manager. The book reveals a concept of adolescence as significant as the Romantic cult of childhood that preceded it, which will be of interest to scholars of both children's literature and Victorian culture.

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9 black & white halftones

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Routledge

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