Juvenile Literature and British Society, 1850-1950: The Age of Adolescence

by Charles Ferrall and Anna Jackson

Book Overview

In this study, Charles Ferrall and Anna Jackson argue that the Victorians created a concept of adolescence that lasted into the twentieth century and yet is strikingly at odds with post-Second World War notions of adolescence as a period of "storm and stress." In the enormously popular "juvenile" literature of the period, primarily boys' and girls' own adventure and school stories, adolescence is acknowledged as a time of sexual awareness and yet...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415634229
• ISBN13: 9780415634229
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"