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- Book Title
- Demon or Doll : Images of the Child in Contemporary Writing and C
- ISBN
- 9780813919645
- Subject Area
- Literary Criticism
- Publication Name
- Demon or Doll : Images of the Child in Contemporary Writing and Culture
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Item Length
- 9.2 in
- Subject
- American / General, Semiotics & Theory, Subjects & Themes / General, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Publication Year
- 2000
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.2 in
- Item Weight
- 16 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.1 in
- Number of Pages
- 272 Pages
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From the shootings at Columbine High School to the JonBenet Ramsey murder to the sentencing of "killer kids," today's media cannot decide if children are objects of fear or in need of protection. Our culture's deep-seated ambivalence toward its young is reflected in a fascinating array of recent fiction that exposes society's collective fantasies and fears. Demon or Doll investigates the ambiguous, contradictory ways childhood has been formulated in the twentieth century and the resulting ambivalence reflected in contemporary fiction. Grounding her exploration in a discussion of traditional constructions of childhood and the influence of the Romantics, Ellen Pifer shows how Dickens translated the Romantic idyll of original innocence into poignant images of "poor children," abused or abandoned by a harsh, increasingly mechanical society. At the turn of the twentieth century, Henry James created provocative images of childhood that anticipated the contemporary, post-Freudian child. Pifer engages a diverse and distinguished body of work by a global range of authors, addressing in each chapter a novel or cluster of novels in which the child's image serves as a nexus for investigating literary and cultural issues. The theories and observations of social historians, psychologists, and cultural critics--from Philippe Ari s to Raymond Williams, Freud to Foucault--clarify the significance of the child's created image. Novels by William Golding, Doris Lessing, Milan Kundera, Toni Morrison, Salman Rushdie, and Jerzy Kosinski bring readers face to face with shattered, often grotesque images of the child. But several of postwar fiction's most experimental writers, including Vladimir Nabokov, Don DeLillo, and Ian McEwan, create texts that render surprising faith in original innocence. Whether the contemporary image of childhood appears intact or fractured, wholesome or horrifying, its many facets create a mirror in which we seek glimpses of our elusive, original selves.
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Publisher
University of Virginia Press
ISBN-10
0813919649
ISBN-13
9780813919645
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1704731
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Demon or Doll : Images of the Child in Contemporary Writing and Culture
Publication Year
2000
Subject
American / General, Semiotics & Theory, Subjects & Themes / General, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Literary Criticism
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
16 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN
99-462125
Dewey Edition
21
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An exciting and original book; a major contribution to literary and cultural studies. Pifer writes of literary children in terms that reveal her wide-ranging research, her mastery of critical theory, her extensive knowledge of world literature and its languages, and her humane commitment to a scholarship rooted in things that matter to the larger cause of civilization.
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College Graduate Student
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Decimal
823/.9109352054
Lc Classification Number
Ps374.C45p54 2000
Copyright Date
2000
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