Dangerous Children - 9780226819778

The University of Chicago Press

Dangerous ChildrenOn Seven Novels and a Story\nAuthor(s): Kenneth Gross\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: The University of Chicago Press, United States\nImprint: University of Chicago Press\nISBN-13: 9780226819778, 978-0226819778\nSynopsis\nGross explores our complex fascination with uncanny children in works of fiction.\n ?\n Ranging from Victorian to modern works??Lewis Carroll??s Alice in Wonderland, Carlo Collodi??s Pinocchio, Henry James??s What Maisie Knew, J. M. Barrie??s Peter and Wendy, Franz Kafka??s ??The Cares of a Family Man,? Richard Hughes??s A High Wind in Jamaica, Elizabeth Bowen??s The Death of the Heart, and Vladimir Nabokov??s Lolita??Kenneth Gross??s book delves into stories that center around the figure of a strange and dangerous child.\n ?\n Whether written for adults or child readers, or both at once, these stories all show us odd, even frightening visions of innocence. We see these children??s uncanny powers of speech, knowledge, and play, as well as their nonse?