Be a good soldier : children's grief in English modernist novels
by
 
Fraser, Jennifer Margaret, 1966-

Title
Be a good soldier : children's grief in English modernist novels

Author
Fraser, Jennifer Margaret, 1966-

ISBN
9781442695504

Publication Information
Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, ©2011.

Physical Description
1 online resource (x, 270 pages)

Abstract
"In the modern era, children experiencing grief were encouraged to dry their tears and 'be good soldiers.' How was this phenomenon interrogated and deconstructed in the period's literature? Be a Good Soldier initiates conversation on the figure of the child in modernist novels, investigating the demand for emotional suppression as manifested later in cruelty and aggression in adulthood. Jennifer Margaret Fraser provides sophisticated close readings of key works by Joseph Conrad, Virginia Woolf, and James Joyce, among others who share striking concerns about the concept of infantry - both as a collection of infants, and as foot soldiers of war. A phenomenon associated traditionally with Freud, Fraser instead uses a unique, Derridean theoretical prism to provide new ways of understanding modernist concerns with power dynamics, knowledge, and meaning. Be a Good Soldier establishes a pioneering, nuanced vocabulary for further historical and cultural inquiries into modernist childhood"--Publisher description.

Subject Term
English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
 
Children in literature.
 
Grief in literature.
 
Grief in children.

Electronic Access
http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3138/9781442695504


LibraryMaterial TypeItem BarcodeShelf Number[[missing key: search.ChildField.HOLDING]]Status
Online LibraryE-Book376344-1001ONLINEElektronik Kütüphane