Ventures into childland : Victorians, fairy tales, and femininity

Ventures into childland : Victorians, fairy tales, and femininity / U.C. Knoepflmacher.

Author/creator	Knoepflmacher, U. C.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1998.
Description	xxi, 444 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	Children's literature, English--History and criticism. Girls--Great Britain --Books and reading --History --19th century. English literature--19th century --History and criticism. Fantasy literature, English--History and criticism. Children's literature, English--Illustrations. Children's literature--Psychological aspects. Femininity in literature. Fairy tales--History and criticism. Authorship--Sex differences. Sex role in literature. Great Britain--History --Victoria, 1837-1901.

Contents	Entering childhood : the double perspectives of generation and sex -- Resisting growth : Ruskin's The king of the golden river -- Growing up ironic : Thackeray's The rose and the ring -- Mixing levity and the grave : MacDonald's "The light princess" -- Expanding Alice : from Underground to Wonderland -- Shrinking Alice : from Wonderland to Looking-glass land -- Erasing borders : MacDonald's At the back of the north wind -- Sundering women from boys : Ingelow's Mopsa the fairy -- Razing male preserves : from "Goblin market" to Sing-Song -- Avenging Alice : from Sing-Song to Speaking likenesses -- Repairing female authority : Ewing's "Amelia and the dwarfs".
Local note	Little-309009--305131016282W
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	97032030
ISBN	0226448150 (cloth : acid-free paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	PR990 .K58 1998	✔ Available	Place Hold