Bibliograph

Children's literature and capitalism, fictions of social mobility in Britain, 1850-1914, Christopher Parkes

Type

Label

Children's literature and capitalism, fictions of social mobility in Britain, 1850-1914, Christopher Parkes

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Children's literature and capitalism

Medium

electronic resource

Responsibility statement

Christopher Parkes

Series statement

Critical approaches to children's literature

Sub title

fictions of social mobility in Britain, 1850-1914

Summary

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

Target audience

specialized

Classification