Men in wonderland : the lost girlhood of the Victorian gentleman / Catherine Robson.
Publication details: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2001.Description: xii, 250 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 0691004226 (alk. paper)
- English literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism
- Girls in literature
- English literature -- Male authors -- History and criticism
- Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898 -- Characters -- Girls
- Ruskin, John, 1819-1900 -- Characters -- Girls
- Innocence (Psychology) in literature
- Gender identity in literature
- Children in literature
- Sex role in literature
- Men in literature
- 820.9/352054 21
- PR468.G5 R63 2001
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER ONE -- Of Prisons and Ungrown Girls: Wordsworth, De Quincey, -- and Constructions of the Lost Self of Childhood -- CHAPTER Two -- The Ideal Girl in Industrial England -- CHAPTER THREE -- The Stones of Childhood: Ruskin's "Lost Jewels" -- CHAPTER FOUR -- Lewis Carroll and the Little Girl: The Art of Self-Effacement -- CHAPTER FIVE -- A "New 'Cry of the Children' ": Legislating Innocence in -- the 1880s -- APPENDIX -- Lewis Carroll's Letter to the St. James's Gazette, July 22, 1885 -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.
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Based on the author's disertation.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-241) and index.
Machine generated contents note: INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER ONE -- Of Prisons and Ungrown Girls: Wordsworth, De Quincey, -- and Constructions of the Lost Self of Childhood -- CHAPTER Two -- The Ideal Girl in Industrial England -- CHAPTER THREE -- The Stones of Childhood: Ruskin's "Lost Jewels" -- CHAPTER FOUR -- Lewis Carroll and the Little Girl: The Art of Self-Effacement -- CHAPTER FIVE -- A "New 'Cry of the Children' ": Legislating Innocence in -- the 1880s -- APPENDIX -- Lewis Carroll's Letter to the St. James's Gazette, July 22, 1885 -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.