Overview
Contextualizing the topos of the neglected child within a variety of discourses, this book challenges the assumption that the early nineteenth century witnessed a clear transition from a Puritan to a liberating approach to children and demonstrates that oppressive assumptions survive in major texts considered part of the Romantic cult of childhood.
- | Author: G. Benziman
- | Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
- | Publication Date: Jan 01, 2012
- | Number of Pages: 256 pages
- | Binding: Paperback or Softback
- | ISBN-10: 1349333131
- | ISBN-13: 9781349333134
