| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 94 pages) |
| Contents |
Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter I -- Introduction -- Clairvoyant Children -- The Blind Child -- Conclusions -- Chapter II -- Introduction -- From Reality to a World Beyond -- Children in Distress -- Education, Spirituality, and Children as Metaphors -- The Female Child -- Conclusions -- Chapter III -- Introduction -- Gardens and Growing -- Gardens, Children and Terror -- Death Dialogues -- Plants and Gardens in Harry Potter -- Conclusions -- Chapter IV -- Introduction -- Cities of Lost Children -- The Warden of the Dead |
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The GuideConclusions -- Chapter V -- The Eye and the Narrative -- Fear and the Eye -- Mirroring -- Conclusions -- Chapter VI -- Bibliography |
| Summary |
Why do adults write about the child and why do they choose to depict children? This book looks at various examples from literature, art and film to analyze aspects of adults' outlook on the child, and what it tells us about the adult. It pays special attention to the eye motif, as well as looking, watching and representing children. It outlines what might become an interesting topic of analysis for other studies, namely, the idea that the adult's journey to self-actualization passes through writing for and about children. Rather than drawing major conclusions, the book opens venues for further |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed November 8, 2017) |
| Subject |
Children in literature.
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Children and adults.
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Painting & paintings.
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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers.
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Film theory & criticism.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary.
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Children and adults
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Children in literature
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781527504226 |
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1527504220 |
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