Children's Literature and Capitalism
Fictions of Social Mobility in Britain, 1850-1914
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Theory, Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
| Author: | C. Parkes | ISBN: | 9781137265098 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK | Publication: | September 10, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | C. Parkes |
| ISBN: | 9781137265098 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Publication: | September 10, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
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.
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.
