The Child Writer from Austen to Woolf
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The Child Writer from Austen to Woolf by Christine Alexander
In this highly original collection leading scholars address the largely overlooked genre of childhood writings by major authors, and explore the genesis of genius. The book includes essays on the first writings of Jane Austen, Byron, Elizabeth Barrett, Charlotte and Branwell Bront , Louisa May Alcott, George Eliot, John Ruskin, Lewis Carroll and Virginia Woolf. All began writing for pleasure as children, and later developed their professional ambitions. In bursts of creative energy, these young authors, as well as those like Daisy Ashford, who wrote only as a child, produced prose, verse, imitation and parody, wild romance and down-to-earth daily records. Their juvenile writings are fascinating both in themselves, and for the promise of greater works to come. The volume includes an invaluable and thorough annotated bibliography of juvenilia, and will stimulate many directions for research in this lively and fascinating topic.
Review of the hardback: '… a solid volume of essays on nineteenth-century children's writing' The Times Literary Supplement
Review of the hardback: '… a highly original volume of essays, which, in reconfiguring talented nineteenth-century children as voyeurs, spies and witnesses of the adult world, opens up considerably more than just the field of juvenilia for further research.' Journal of Victorian Culture
Review of the hardback: '… a highly original volume of essays, which, in reconfiguring talented nineteenth-century children as voyeurs, spies and witnesses of the adult world, opens up considerably more than just the field of juvenilia for further research.' Journal of Victorian Culture
Christine Alexander is Professor of English at the University of New South Wales. Juliet McMaster is University Professor Emerita of English at the University of Alberta.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521812931 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521812933 |
| Title | The Child Writer from Austen to Woolf |
| Author | Christine Alexander |
| Series | Cambridge Studies In Nineteenth-Century Literature And Culture |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2005-06-16 |
| Number of pages | 334 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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