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Author
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
"Especially evident in Victorian-era writings is a rhetorical tendency to liken adults to children and children to adults. Claudia Nelson examines this literary phenomenon and explores the ways in which writers discussed the child-adult relationship during this period. Though far from ubiquitous, the terms 'child-woman,' 'child-man,' and 'old-fashioned child' appear often enough in Victorian writings to prompt critical questions about the motivations...
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