The Peripheral Child in Nineteenth Century Literature and its Criticism

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-ix

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Neil Cocks

      Pages 1-12

3. The Return of the Child

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13

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   2. The Child and the Return

      • Neil Cocks

      Pages 15-33

   3. The Child and the Letter

      • Neil Cocks

      Pages 35-58

   4. The Child and Transmission

      • Neil Cocks

      Pages 59-82

   5. The Child and the Thing

      • Neil Cocks

      Pages 83-115

4. Ethics, History and Analysis

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 117-117

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   2. The Queer Child

      • Neil Cocks

      Pages 119-142

   3. The Child and History

      • Neil Cocks

      Pages 143-171

5. Conclusion

   1. Conclusion

      • Neil Cocks

      Pages 173-179

6. Back Matter

   Pages 181-215

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Established accounts of the child in nineteenth century literature tend to focus on those who occupy a central position within narratives. This book is concerned with children who are not so easily recognized or remembered, the peripheral or overlooked children to be read in works by Dickens, Brontë, Austen and Rossetti.

• Charles Dickens
• English literature
• Jane Austen
• Narrative
• transmission
• childhood studies
• British and Irish Literature

• University of Reading, UK

  Neil Cocks

Neil Cocks is a lecturer in English and American Literature at The University of Reading, UK, and a member of its Graduate Centre for International Research in Childhood: Literature, Culture, Media. He has previously published on contemporary educational theory, children's literature, art theory, and the nineteenth century novel.

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