The Boy Detective in Early British Children’s Literature Patrolling the Borders between Boyhood and Manhood /

The Boy Detective in Early British Children’s Literature Patrolling the Borders between Boyhood and Manhood /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Andrew, Lucy (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Summary:IX, 243 p.
text
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
Edition:1st ed. 2017.
Series:Critical Approaches to Children's Literature,
Subjects:
Children's literature.
European literature.
Literature, Modern > 19th century.
Literature, Modern > 20th century.
Children's Literature.
European Literature.
Nineteenth-Century Literature.
Twentieth-Century Literature.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62090-9
Format: Electronic Book
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction: The Birth of the Boy Detective.- 2. The Corruption of Youth: Juvenile Delinquency and the Boy Detective Hero
  • 3. Taming the Beast: Adolescence, Empire and the Detective’s Boy Assistant.- 4. “Be Prepared!”: Looming Conflict, Active Citizenship and the Rise of the Professional Boy Detective.- 5. Forever Young: The Cult of Childhood and the Schoolboy Detective.- 6. The Journey Continues? Boy Detectives beyond the Story Papers.- Appendix: Chronology
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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