The child, the state, and the Victorian novel /
Berry, Laura C.,1957-
Charlottesville, Va. : University Press of Virginia,
1999.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-194) and index.
Introduction: the rise of the child victim and the state of the novel -- Hideous progeny made clean: heredity and pedagogy in the new poor law writings of James Kay and in Oliver Twist -- In the bosom of the family: Dombey and Son and the wet-nursing debates of William Acton and C.H.F. Routh -- Tender tyranny: the 1839 Custody of Infants Act and custodial incarceration in Wuthering Heights and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall -- Civilization and confession in midcentury representations of infanticide and in Adam Bede -- Conclusion: from pulpy infants to a nation of good animals.
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
English fiction
Children in literature.
Literature and society
Children
Social problems in literature.
State, The, in literature.