Eighteenth-Century Literature and Childhood Emotions

Childish Passions
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-137-45458-4
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan

Buch, Englisch, 240 Seiten, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 216 mm

Reihe: Critical Approaches to Children's Literature

Exploring the peculiar alliances between childishness and affect that are posted in the long eighteenth century, this new book traces the ways in which literature of the period and in particular children's literature sought to civilize its readers by attempting to reform and manipulate their emotions.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Joy, L.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literarische Strömungen & Epochen
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Kognitionspsychologie Emotion, Motivation, Handlung

Über Autor(innen)

Louise Joy is a Lecturer and Director of Studies in English at Homerton College, University of Cambridge, UK. Her previous publications include Children's Literature and the Art of Idealisation (forthcoming 2014), The Aesthetics of Children's Poetry (co-editor, forthcoming 2015) and Poetry and Childhood (2010), along with articles and book chapters in a range of publications.