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The legacy of the moral tale : children's literature and the English novel, 1744-1859 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fleming, Patrick C. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, [2016]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Children's literature, English > History and criticism.
Fables, English > History and criticism.
Ethics in literature.
English fiction > 18th century > History and criticism.
English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
Children's literature, English.
English fiction.
Fables, English.
1700-1899
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Table of Contents:
  • The rise of the moral tale
  • The moral tale comes of age: Maria Edgeworth and the romantic novel
  • Discipline and narrate: the moral tale and the Newgate novel
  • Charles Dickens and the instructive monomaniac
  • 1859 and after.