{"product_id":"critical-children-the-use-of-childhood-in-ten-great-novels-paperback","title":"Critical Children: The Use of Childhood in Ten Great Novels - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard Locke\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe ten novels explored in \u003ci\u003eCritical Children\u003c\/i\u003e portray children so vividly that their names are instantly recognizable. Richard Locke traces the 130-year evolution of these iconic child characters, moving from Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, and Pip in \u003ci\u003eGreat Expectations\u003c\/i\u003e to Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn; from Miles and Flora in \u003ci\u003eThe Turn of the Screw\u003c\/i\u003e to Peter Pan and his modern American descendant, Holden Caulfield; and finally to Lolita and Alexander Portnoy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"It's remarkable,\" writes Locke, \"that so many classic (or, let's say, unforgotten) English and American novels should focus on children and adolescents not as colorful minor characters but as the intense center of attention.\" Despite many differences of style, setting, and structure, they all enlist a particular child's story in a larger cultural narrative. In \u003ci\u003eCritical Children\u003c\/i\u003e, Locke describes the ways the children in these novels have been used to explore and evade large social, psychological, and moral problems. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWriting as an editor, teacher, critic, and essayist, Locke demonstrates the way these great novels work, how they spring to life from their details, and how they both invite and resist interpretation and provoke rereading. Locke conveys the variety and continued vitality of these books as they shift from Victorian moral allegory to New York comic psychoanalytic monologue, from a child who is an agent of redemption to one who is a narcissistic prisoner of guilt and proud rage.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard Locke is professor of writing at the Columbia University School of the Arts, and his essays and reviews have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe American Scholar\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Threepenny Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Yale Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and other publications. He has been editor in chief of \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e and deputy editor of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 5.7 x 8.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 16, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51754064544032,"sku":"9780231157834","price":57.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/fe2347b01f06e1215c9a9caa26b38bf9.webp?v=1780032633","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/critical-children-the-use-of-childhood-in-ten-great-novels-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}