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Books for children, books for adults : age and the novel from Defoe to James /

In this groundbreaking and wide-ranging study, Teresa Michals explores why some books originally written for a mixed-age audience, such as Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, eventually became children's literature, while others, such as Samuel Richardson's Pamela, became adult novels. Mi...

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Main Author:	Michals, Teresa, 1963- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Subjects:	English fiction > 18th century > History and criticism. English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism. American fiction > 18th century > History and criticism. American fiction > 19th century > History and criticism. Books and reading > Great Britain > History. Books and reading > United States > History. Fiction > Appreciation > History. Children's literature > History and criticism. Adulthood in literature. Children in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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