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Through the Northern Gate

Childhood and Growing Up in British Fiction, 1719-1901

by Jacqueline Banerjee (Author)
©1997 Others XXIX, 244 Pages

Summary

This study challenges critical orthodoxy by showing that childhood became a focus of interest in British fiction well before the Romantic period. It also argues that children in the Victorian novel, far from being sentimental figures, are psychologically unique and contribute positively and significantly to the narrative discourse. Contemporary ideology, the novelists' autobiographical and humanitarian impulses, and gender issues, are all examined as factors in this development. Works by the major authors are analysed alongside others by non-canonical and children's writers.

Details

Pages
XXIX, 244
Publication Year
1997
ISBN (PDF)
9781453909669
DOI
10.3726/978-1-4539-0966-9
Language
English
Publication date
2012 (August)
Keywords
ideology gender development
Published
New York, Bern, Berlin, Frankfurt/M., Paris, Wien, 1996. XXIX, 244 pp.

Biographical notes

Jacqueline Banerjee (Author)

The Author: After taking her B.A. and Ph.D. degrees from King's College, London, Jacqueline Banerjee has taught at universities in Canada, Ghana, India and England, and has also held a research fellowship at Lucy Cavendish College, Cambridge. The author of numerous scholarly articles, she is currently teaching at Kobe College and in the graduate school of Konan University, Japan.

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