The Captured World: The Child and Childhood in Nineteenth-Century Women's Writing in England

Begins to redress modern critics' not mere neglect but virulent castigation of 19th-century British women's literary portrayals of children and childhood. Drawing from a selection of authors, identifies images of the child of reason, of faith, and of conflict; the exploited child, and the child at home; and the childhood self remembered. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.