Melancholia and maturation : the use of trauma in American children's literature /
Coming of age in children's fiction often means achieving maturity through the experience of trauma. In classics ranging from Old Yeller to The Outsiders, a narrative of psychological pain defies expectations of childhood as a time of innocence and play. In this provocative new book, Eric L. Tr...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Knoxville :
University of Tennessee Press,
2010
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
