Book contents
- Romanticism and Childhood
- Series page
- Romanticism and Childhood
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: The infantilization of British literary culture
- Part I History of an analogy
- Chapter 1 The child is father of the man
- Chapter 2 Infancy, poetry and the origins of language
- Chapter 3 Becoming human
- Part II Prattle and trifles
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 3 - Becoming human
Animal, infant and developmental literary culture in the Romantic period
from Part I - History of an analogy
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Romanticism and Childhood
- Series page
- Romanticism and Childhood
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: The infantilization of British literary culture
- Part I History of an analogy
- Chapter 1 The child is father of the man
- Chapter 2 Infancy, poetry and the origins of language
- Chapter 3 Becoming human
- Part II Prattle and trifles
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Romanticism and ChildhoodThe Infantilization of British Literary Culture, pp. 109 - 158Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012