TY - GEN T1 - Literature and the child : romantic continuations, postmodern contestations T2 - Book collections on Project MUSE. A2 - McGavran, James Holt, Jr., 1941-2014 LA - English PP - Iowa City PB - University of Iowa Press YR - 1999 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_dda_ocm50320981 AB - These distinguished essays powerfully define the myriad ways in which the Romantic image of the child, so compellingly portrayed by Wordsworth and Blake, continues to haunt us, shaping contemporary visions of childhood from Calvin and Hobbes to postmodernist poetry and fiction to sociological discussions of child-labor, child-abuse and the feminization of poverty. Literature and the Child, ably edited by James Holt McGavran, should be read by anyone interested in the history of the cultural construction of childhood.--Anne K. Mellor. OP - 269 CN - PR990 .L58 1999eb SN - 1587292912 SN - 9781587292910 SN - 9780877456902 SN - 0877456909 KW - Children's literature, English : History and criticism. KW - Children's literature, American : History and criticism. KW - Children : Books and reading. KW - Postmodernism (Literature) KW - Romanticism. KW - Littérature de jeunesse anglaise : Histoire et critique. KW - Littérature de jeunesse américaine : Histoire et critique. KW - Enfants : Livres et lecture. KW - Postmodernisme (Littérature) KW - Romantisme. KW - romanticism (form of expression) KW - LITERARY CRITICISM : European : English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE : Children's Studies. KW - Children : Books and reading KW - Children's literature, American KW - Children's literature, English KW - Romanticism KW - Das Romantische KW - Jugendliteratur KW - Englisch. KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc. ER -