Children's Literature and Capitalism: Fictions of Social Mobility in Britain, 1850-1914

After the first phase of industrialization in Britain, the child emerged as both a victim of and a threat to capitalism. This book explores the changing relationship between the child and capitalist society in the works of some of the most important writers of children's and young-adult texts in the Victorian and Edwardian periods.

Author: C. Parkes
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 09/10/2012
Pages: 215
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780230364127

About the Author
CHRISTOPHER PARKES is associate professor in English Literature at Lakehead University, Canada. He is the author of scholarly articles on children's literature and eighteenth-century literature.