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Melancholia and maturation : the use of trauma in American children's literature /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tribunella, Eric L.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, [2010]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Bildungsromans, American > History and criticism.
Young adult fiction, American > History and criticism.
Children's stories, American > History and criticism.
Psychic trauma in literature.
Loss (Psychology) in literature.
Maturation (Psychology) in literature.
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Losing and using queer youth
  • A boy and his dog
  • Knowing, unknowing, and the achievement of young adulthood
  • Melancholic development and Revolutionary War fiction for children
  • Melancholic sacrifice and the Holocaust in American children's culture
  • Coda: physical trauma, childhood embodiment, and children's literature.