The Construction of the (Convincing) Child Subject in Victorian Literature
Drawing on genre theory and especially Shklovsky’s definition of ostranenie, or defamiliarisation, this article investigates the evolution of the construction and understanding of the child subject in Victorian literature. Engaging not only with the role of literature in shaping representations of t...
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Glasgow University Union
2015-04-01
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| Online Access: | https://journals.gla.ac.uk/groundings/article/view/205 |