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The Making of the Modern Child: Children's Literature in the Late Eighteenth Century


Book Description
This book explores how the concept of childhood in the late-18th century was constructed through the ideological work performed by children's literature, as well as pedagogical writing and medical literature of the era. Andrew O'Malley ties the evolution of the idea of "the child" to the growth of the middle class, which used the figure of the child as a symbol in its various calls for social refo... More
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PublisherRoutledge Books
BindingHardcover (2 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages224
ISBN-100415942993
ISBN-13978-0415942997
Publication Date06/12/2003
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