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Children's Literature and Capitalism
Fictions of Social Mobility in Britain, 1850-1914
- 225 pages
- English
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About this book
After the first phase of industrialization in Britain, the child emerged as both a victim of and a threat to capitalism. This book explores the changing relationship between the child and capitalist society in the works of some of the most important writers of children's and young-adult texts in the Victorian and Edwardian periods.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-Title
- Series
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Series Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Avoiding Dead Ends and Blind Alleys: Re-imagining Youth Employment in Nineteenth-Century Britain
- 2 Family Business and Childhood Experience: David Copperfield and Great Expectations
- 3 Adventure Fiction and the Youth Problem: Treasure Island and Kidnapped
- 4 Commercialism and Middle-Class Innocence: The Story of the Treasure Seekers and The Railway Children
- 5 Educational Tracking and the Feminized Classroom: A Little Princess and The Secret Garden
- 6 The Female Life History and the Labour Market: Anne of Green Gables and Anne’s House of Dreams
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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