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The Narrated Mind: Children's Literature And The Creation Of The Self In Late Eighteenth-Century Literature, Adrianne Wadewitz
The Narrated Mind: Children's Literature And The Creation Of The Self In Late Eighteenth-Century Literature, Adrianne Wadewitz
Adrianne Wadewitz
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The Abcs Of Sensibility: The Literacy Of Feeling, Adrianne Wadewitz
The Abcs Of Sensibility: The Literacy Of Feeling, Adrianne Wadewitz
Adrianne Wadewitz
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Sticks And Stones: Violence And The Creation Of The Self In Late Eighteenth-Century Children’S Literature, Adrianne Wadewitz
Sticks And Stones: Violence And The Creation Of The Self In Late Eighteenth-Century Children’S Literature, Adrianne Wadewitz
Adrianne Wadewitz
In Dorothy Kilner’s The Life and Perambulation of a Mouse (1783), Nimble watches as a little boy tortures his brother Brighteyes by using him as a plaything for the cat. Soon after, though, the little boy himself is similarly whipped by his father so that he will learn to feel the suffering of others and restrain his power over the weak. Such scenes of physical violence abound in eighteenth-century children’s texts: idle, dishonest, and disobedient children experience not only direct physical punishment such as this little boy’s but also indirect punishments such as illnesses, burnings and drownings; perhaps more surprisingly, …
Of Mice And Men: Discipline, Sympathy, And The Self In Late Eighteenth-Century Children’S Literature, Adrianne Wadewitz
Of Mice And Men: Discipline, Sympathy, And The Self In Late Eighteenth-Century Children’S Literature, Adrianne Wadewitz
Adrianne Wadewitz
In Dorothy Kilner’s The Life and Perambulations of a Mouse (1783), Nimble watches as his brother Brighteyes is made the cat’s plaything by a cruel little boy. Soon after, though, the little boy is whipped himself by his father so that he will properly appreciate and regret the suffering that he caused the mouse and learn to restrain exercising his power over the weak. Such scenes of physical violence abound in eighteenth-century children’s texts: idle, dishonest, and disobedient children experience not only direct physical punishments like this beating but also indirect punishments such as illnesses, burnings and drownings; even patient, …
The Sympathetic Self: Wollstonecraft And Barbauld’S Religious Sensibilities, Adrianne Wadewitz
The Sympathetic Self: Wollstonecraft And Barbauld’S Religious Sensibilities, Adrianne Wadewitz
Adrianne Wadewitz
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