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Established accounts of the child in nineteenth century literature tend to focus on those who occupy a central position within narratives. This book is concerned with children who are not so easily recognized or remembered, the peripheral or overlooked children to be read in works by Dickens, Brontë, Austen and Rossetti.

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Acknowledgments Introduction PART I: THE RETURN OF THE CHILD 1. The Child and the Return: Persuasion 2. The Child and the Letter: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall 3. The Child and Transmission: 'Goblin Market' 4. The Child and the Thing: The Mystery of Edwin Drood PART II: HISTORY, ETHICS, AND ANALYSIS 5. The Queer Child: No Future and 'Dickens and the Construction of the Child 6. The Child and History: Strange Dislocations and The Mind of the Child Conclusion: Why Analysis? Notes Bibliography Index

The Peripheral Child in Nineteenth Century Literature and its Criticism

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      Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan UK
      Publication Date: 9/29/2014 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781137452443, 978-1137452443
      ISBN10: 1137452447
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Established accounts of the child in nineteenth century literature tend to focus on those who occupy a central position within narratives. This book is concerned with children who are not so easily recognized or remembered, the peripheral or overlooked children to be read in works by Dickens, Brontë, Austen and Rossetti.

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgments Introduction PART I: THE RETURN OF THE CHILD 1. The Child and the Return: Persuasion 2. The Child and the Letter: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall 3. The Child and Transmission: 'Goblin Market' 4. The Child and the Thing: The Mystery of Edwin Drood PART II: HISTORY, ETHICS, AND ANALYSIS 5. The Queer Child: No Future and 'Dickens and the Construction of the Child 6. The Child and History: Strange Dislocations and The Mind of the Child Conclusion: Why Analysis? Notes Bibliography Index

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