The Mind of the Child: Child Development in Literature, Science, and Medicine 1840-1900

by Sally Shuttleworth

What is the difference between a lie and a fantasy, when the subject is a child? Moving between literary and scientific texts, Sally Shuttleworth explores a range of fascinating issues that emerge when the inner world of the child becomes, for the first time, the explicit focus of literary and
medical attention. Starting in the 1840s, which saw the publication of explorations of child development by Bronte and Dickens, as well as some of the first...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199582564
• ISBN13: 9780199582563
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 509 Pages
• Weight: 1.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.2"