Gubar, Marah, 1973-

Artful dodgers : reconceiving the golden age of children's literature / Marah Gubar. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009. - xii, 264 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-251) and index.

Our field: the rise of the child narrator -- Collaborating with the enemy: Treasure Island -- Reciprocal aggression: unromantic agency in the art of Lewis Carroll -- Partners in crime: E. Nesbit and the art of thieving -- The cult of the child and the controversy over child actors -- Burnett, Barrie, and the emergence of children's theatre.

9780195336252 (hardback : alk. paper)

2008024308


Children's literature, English--History and criticism.
English literature--History and criticism.--19th century
Children in literature.
Adolescence in literature.

PR990 / .G83 2009

820.9928209034 G M A