Men in Wonderland: The Lost Girlhood of the Victorian Gentleman

by Catherine Robson

Book Overview

Fascination with little girls pervaded Victorian culture. For many, girls represented the true essence of childhood or bygone times of innocence; but for middle-class men, especially writers, the interest ran much deeper. In Men in Wonderland, Catherine Robson explores the ways in which various nineteenth-century British male authors constructed girlhood, and analyzes the nature of their investment in the figure of the girl. In so doing,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691115265
• ISBN13: 9780691115269
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.4"