Critical Approaches to Children's Literature: Imperial Girls, 1880-1915

Smith, M.

While the gender and age of the girl may seem to remove her from any significant contribution to empire, this book provides both a new perspective on familiar girls' literature, and the first detailed examination of lesser-known fiction relating the emergence of fictional girl adventurers, castaways and 'ripping' schoolgirls to the British Empire.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2011-07-08

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230272866

DOI: 10.1057/9780230308121

Dimensions: 229cm x152cm

Pages: 207