Street urchins, sociopaths and degenerates: orphans of late-victorian and edwardian fiction
Auteur :
Floyd, David
Éditeur :
University of Wales Press
ISBN :
9781783160105
Date de publication :
15 févr. 2014
Dimensions :
21,6 x 13,8 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Taking examples from Gothic, island adventure, imperial, and children's literature, this book addresses the remarkable metaphorical disparity between, and cultural implications of, orphans in late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth British fiction and in more recent instances.