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Hardcover Precocious Children & Childish Adults: Age Inversion in Victorian Literature Book
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ISBN: 1421405342

ISBN13: 9781421405346

Precocious Children & Childish Adults: Age Inversion in Victorian Literature

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Especially evident in Victorian-era writings is a rhetorical tendency to liken adults to children and children to adults. Claudia Nelson examines this literary phenomenon and explores the ways in which writers discussed the child-adult relationship during this period.

Though far from ubiquitous, the terms "child-woman," "child-man," and "old-fashioned child" appear often enough in Victorian writings to prompt critical questions about the...

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