Youth of Darkest England
Working-Class Children at the Heart of Victorian Empire
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Children&
| Author: | Troy Boone | ISBN: | 9781135872700 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | August 29, 2005 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | Troy Boone |
| ISBN: | 9781135872700 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | August 29, 2005 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
This book examines the representation of English working-class children — the youthful inhabitants of the poor urban neighborhoods that a number of writers dubbed "darkest England" — in Victorian and Edwardian imperialist literature. In particular, Boone focuses on how the writings for and about youth undertook an ideological project to enlist working-class children into the British imperial enterprise, demonstrating convincingly that the British working-class youth resisted a nationalist identification process that tended to eradicate or obfuscate class differences.
This book examines the representation of English working-class children — the youthful inhabitants of the poor urban neighborhoods that a number of writers dubbed "darkest England" — in Victorian and Edwardian imperialist literature. In particular, Boone focuses on how the writings for and about youth undertook an ideological project to enlist working-class children into the British imperial enterprise, demonstrating convincingly that the British working-class youth resisted a nationalist identification process that tended to eradicate or obfuscate class differences.
