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    Chicago :University of Chicago Press,
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    almahu_9949546541402882
    Format: 1 online resource (208 p.) : , 1 line drawings
    ISBN: 9780226819785 , 9783110993899
    Content: Gross explores our complex fascination with uncanny children in works of fiction. Ranging from Victorian to modern examples-Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, Carlo Collodi's Pinocchio, Henry James's What Maisie Knew, J. M. Barrie's Peter and Wendy, Franz Kafka's "The Cares of a Family Man," Richard Hughes's A High Wind in Jamaica, Elizabeth Bowen's The Death of the Heart, and Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita-Kenneth Gross's book explores stories that center around the figure of a strange and dangerous child. Whether written for adults or child readers, or both at once, these stories all show us odd, even frightening visions of innocence. We see these children's uncanny powers of speech, knowledge, and play, as well as their nonsense and violence. And, in the tales, these child-lives keep changing shape. These are children are often endangered as much as dangerous, haunted as well as haunting. In looking at these narratives, Gross traces the reader's thrill of companionship with these unpredictable, often solitary creatures-children curious about the adult world, who while not accommodating its rules, fall into ever more troubling conversations with adult fears and desires. This book asks how such imaginary children, often depicted as objects of wonder, challenge our ways of seeing the world, our measures of innocence and experience, and our understanding of time and memory.
    Note: Frontmatter -- , Contents -- , Prologue -- , Alice -- , Pinocchio -- , Maisie -- , Peter -- , Odradek -- , Emily -- , Portia -- , Lolita -- , Coda -- , Acknowledgments -- , Notes -- , Readings -- , Index , Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. , In English.
    In: EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English, De Gruyter, 9783110993899
    In: EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022, De Gruyter, 9783110994810
    In: EBOOK PACKAGE Literary, Cultural, Area Studies 2022 English, De Gruyter, 9783110993752
    In: EBOOK PACKAGE Literary, Cultural, Area Studies 2022, De Gruyter, 9783110993738
    In: University of Chicago Complete eBook-Package 2022, De Gruyter, 9783110766509
    Additional Edition: ISBN 9780226819778
    Language: English
    URL: Cover
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