{"product_id":"precocious-children-childish-adults-claudia-nelson-9781421405346","title":"Precocious Children \u0026 Childish Adults: Age Inversion in Victorian Literature","description":"\u003cp\u003eEspecially 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough 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 motivations and meanings of such generational border crossings. Nelson carefully considers the use of these terms and connects invocations of age inversion to developments in post-Darwinian scientific thinking and attitudes about gender roles, social class, sexuality, power, and economic mobility. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe brilliantly analyzes canonical works of Charles Dickens, Charlotte Brontë, William Makepeace Thackeray, Bram Stoker, and Robert Louis Stevenson alongside lesser-known writings to demonstrate the diversity of literary age inversion and its profound influence on Victorian culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy considering the full context of Victorian age inversion, \u003ci\u003ePrecocious Children and Childish Adults\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates the complicated pattern of anxiety and desire that creates such ambiguity in the writings of the time. Scholars of Victorian literature and culture, as well as readers interested in children's literature, childhood studies, and gender studies, will welcome this excellent work from a major figure in the field.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Claudia Nelson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1421405342\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781421405346\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/02\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 5.90w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2012","brand":"Claudia Nelson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48088210047231,"sku":"9781421405346","price":55.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_34268fb0-3a0d-4d08-9ac7-fdafa7dc2de5.jpg?v=1769103666","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/precocious-children-childish-adults-claudia-nelson-9781421405346","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}