Children's Literature and Capitalism Fictions of Social Mobility in Britain, 1850-1914
Description
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.
Keywords
Literary CriticismSemiotics & TheorySocial ScienceModern20th CenturyEuropean19th CenturyFictionLanguage Arts & DisciplinesLinguisticsHistorical & ComparativeAnthropologyCultural & Social
2012Book
Author(s)Christopher Parkes
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9780230364127
LanguageEnglish
