In this study, Charles Ferrall and Anna Jackson argue that the Victorians created a concept of adolescence that lasted into the twentieth century and yet is strikingly at odds with post-Second World War notions of adolescence as a period of "storm and stress." In the enormously popular "juvenile" literature of the period, primarily boys' and girls' own adventure and school stories, adolescence is acknowledged as a time of sexual awareness and yet also of a romantic idealism that is lost with marriage, a time when boys and girls acquire adult duties and responsibilities and yet have not had to assume the roles of breadwinner or household manager. The book reveals a concept of adolescence as significant as the Romantic cult of childhood that preceded it, which will be of interest to scholars of both children's literature and Victorian culture.
| Autorius: | Charles Ferrall, Anna Jackson, |
| Leidėjas: | Routledge |
| Išleidimo metai: | 2009 |
| Knygos puslapių skaičius: | 210 |
| ISBN-10: | 0415964768 |
| ISBN-13: | 9780415964760 |
| Formatas: | 235 x 157 x 16 mm. Knyga kietu viršeliu |
| Kalba: | Anglų |
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