Through the Looking-Glasses: Godwin’s Biographies for Children
| Autor: | John-Erik Hansson |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Centre d'Histoire Culturelle des Sociétés Contemporaines (CHCSC), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Université Paris-Saclay, Université Paris-Saclay-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ) |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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[SHS.LITT]Humanities and Social Sciences/Literature
Context (language use) 06 humanities and the arts Youth culture Pseudonym 060202 literary studies 16. Peace & justice Life writing Politics Aesthetics Memoir 0602 languages and literature Sociology [SHS.HIST]Humanities and Social Sciences/History ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS |
| Zdroj: | New Approaches to William Godwin: Forms, Fears, Futures New Approaches to William Godwin: Forms, Fears, Futures, pp.57-78, 2021, ⟨10.1007/978-3-030-62912-0_4⟩ Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and Cultures of Print ISBN: 9783030629113 |
| Popis: | This chapter shows how William Godwin combined historical and novelistic approaches to challenge the conventions of children’s life writing and produce biographies for children that reflect his political and educational commitments. It places The Looking-Glass (1805) and the Life of Lady Jane Grey (1806), both published under the pseudonym of Theophilus Marcliffe, in the context of the Memoirs of the Author of a Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1798) and the Life of Chaucer (1803). In so doing, this chapter demonstrates that these children’s biographies exemplify Godwin’s attempt to create a youth culture of radical reform, facilitating historical learning, illustrating the operations of ‘Godwinian’ benevolence, and thus pressing on his pedagogical and political agendas. |
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