The boy detective in early British children's literature : patrolling the borders between boyhood and manhood /: patrolling the borders between boyhood and manhood. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Lucy Andrew.
• Authors: Andrew, Lucy
• Contents: 1. Introduction: The Birth of the Boy Detective.- 2. The Corruption of Youth: Juvenile Delinquency and the Boy Detective Hero -- 3. Taming the Beast: Adolescence, Empire and the Detective’s Boy Assistant.- 4. “Be Prepared!”: Looming Conflict, Active Citizenship and the Rise of the Professional Boy Detective.- 5. Forever Young: The Cult of Childhood and the Schoolboy Detective.- 6. The Journey Continues? Boy Detectives beyond the Story Papers.- Appendix: Chronology -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 823.0099282; Literature; Children's stories, English -- Criticism and interpretation; Detective and mystery stories, English; Maturation (Psychology) in literature; LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Children's stories, English; Detective and mystery stories, English; Maturation (Psychology) in literature; Literary Criticism -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Literature: history & criticism; Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900; Literary studies: from c 1900; Children's literature; British literature; Literary Criticism -- Children's Literature; Children's & teenage literature studies; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319620909; 3319620908
• Related ISBNs: 9783319620893; 3319620894
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Vendor-supplied metadata.
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