Andrew O'Malley (Canada Ryerson University)

The Making of the Modern Child

Children's Literature in the Late Eighteenth Century

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores how the concept of childhood in the late 18th century was constructed through the ideological work performed by children's literature, as well as pedagogical writing and medical literature of the era. Andrew O'Malley ties the evolution of the idea of "the child" to the growth of the middle class, which used the figure of the child as a symbol in its various calls for social reform.

Produktdetails

• Children's Literature and Culture
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Juni 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 316g
• ISBN-13: 9780415514682
• ISBN-10: 0415514681
• Artikelnr.: 36815289

Autorenporträt

Andrew O'Malley is Associate Professor in the Department of English at Ryerson University, Canada.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The English Middle Classes of the Late Eighteenth Century and
the Impetus for Pedagogical Reform 1. The Coach and Six: Chapbook Residue
in Late Eighteenth-Century Children's Literature 2. Class Relations in
Middle-Class Children's Literature: Interacting with and Representing the
Poor and the Rich 3. The Medical Management of the Late Eighteenth-Century
Child 4. Towards the Self-Regulating Subject: Teaching Discipline in
Pedagogical Systems and Children's Books 5. Molding the Middle-Class
Subject of the Future: Applied Lessons and the Construction of Gender Roles
Conclusion: he Trajectory of Children's Literature into the Early
Nineteenth Century: Moving Towards a Middle-Class Form of Fantasy Notes
Works Cited