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Evolutionary theory sparked numerous speculations about human development, and none was so ardently embraced as the idea that children are animals recapitulating the ascent of the species. After Darwin's Origin of Species, scientific, pedagogical, and literary works featuring beastly babes and wild children interrogated how our ancestors evolved and what children must do in order to repeat this murky course to humanity. Exploring fictions by Rudyard Kipling, Lewis Carroll, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Charles Kingsley, and Margaret Gatty, Jessica Straley argues that Victorian children's literature not only adopted this new taxonomy of the animal child, but also suggested ways to complete his/her evolution. In the midst of debates about elementary education and the rising dominance of the sciences, children's authors plotted miniaturized evolutions for their protagonists and readers, and, more pointedly, proposed that the decisive evolutionary leap for both our ancestors and ourselves is the advent of the literary imagination.
LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. --- Children's literature, English --- Evolution (Biology) in literature. --- Imagination in literature. --- Littérature de jeunesse anglaise --- Evolution (Biologie) dans la littérature --- Imagination dans la littérature. --- History and criticism. --- Histoire et critique --- Littérature anglaise --- Littérature pour la jeunesse anglaise --- Évolution (biologie) --- Imagination --- Dans la littérature --- Littérature de jeunesse anglaise --- Evolution (Biologie) dans la littérature --- Imagination dans la littérature. --- Histoire et critique. --- Dans la littérature. --- Littérature anglaise pour la jeunesse
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JK Rowling now is half-way through a series which has taken the world by storm. Unusually, she has attracted success both in terms of massive sales figures and critical acclaim. This study will look at her books and consider some of the reasons for their phenomenal success. This will be done against a background of how Harry Potter relates to other contemporary childrenÆs books so that students and teachers can place them in the context for which they were written.This book has not been authorized by JK Rowling, her agent, or Warner Bros.
Potter, Harry (Fictitious character). --- Rowling, J. K. --- English --- Languages & Literatures --- English Literature --- Rowling, J.K. --- Potter, Harry --- Rowling, Joanne K. --- Rowling, Jo --- Roling, G'e. Ḳe --- Rowlingová, Joanne K. --- Ролінґ, Дж. К. --- Roling, Dz︠h︡. K. --- רולינג, ג׳יי. קיי --- רולינג, ג׳י. קי --- رولينج ، ج.ك --- رولينج، چ. ك. --- Raʼu-liṅ, J. K. --- Luolin, J. K. --- 罗琳, J. K. --- Roliṅga, Je. Ke. --- Rāoliṃ, Je. Ke. --- Роулинг, Дж. К. --- Rouling, Dzh. K. --- Ролинг, Дж. К. --- Galbraith, Robert --- Scamander, Newt --- Whisp, Kennilworthy --- Potter, Harry James --- Granger, Hermione --- Weasley, Ron --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Characters --- Harry Potter. --- Rouling, Dzsh. Ḳ. --- ראולינג, דזש. ק. --- Rowling, Joanne Kathleen (1965- ) --- Potter, Harry (personnage fictif) --- Littérature pour la jeunesse anglaise --- Roman pour la jeunesse anglophone --- Magiciens --- Magie --- Harry Potter --- Critique et interprétation --- Histoire et critique --- Fantasy fiction, English --- Children's literature, English --- History and criticism.
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