Talking Animals in British Children's Fiction, 1786-1914 |
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Author:
| Cosslett, Tess |
Series title: | The Nineteenth Century Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-7546-3656-4 |
Publication Date: | Aug 2016 |
Publisher: | Routledge
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $175.00 |
Book Description:
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Nineteenth-century scholars, children's literature specialists, and historians of science and childhood will engage with Tess Cosslett's examination of nineteenth-century debates about the human and animal in children's stories such as Black Beauty, Beautiful Joe, Wind in the Willows, and Peter Rabbit. Investigating these works within their nineteenth-century contexts, Cosslett takes on topics that still resonate, such as the relation of the human and the natural, masculine and...
More DescriptionNineteenth-century scholars, children's literature specialists, and historians of science and childhood will engage with Tess Cosslett's examination of nineteenth-century debates about the human and animal in children's stories such as Black Beauty, Beautiful Joe, Wind in the Willows, and Peter Rabbit. Investigating these works within their nineteenth-century contexts, Cosslett takes on topics that still resonate, such as the relation of the human and the natural, masculine and feminine, and child and adult.