From colonial to modern : transnational girlhood in Canadian, Australian, and New Zealand children's literature, 1840-1940 /

This is a comparative study of how girlhoods were conceived in Canadian, Australian and New Zealand literatures and print cultures from their colonial infancy to the development of district national identities and literatures. The authors examine representations of colonial girls as adaptations of B...

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Main Authors:	Smith, Michelle J., 1979- (Author), Moruzi, Kristine (Author), Bradford, Clare (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, [2018]
Subjects:	Children's literature, Canadian > History and criticism. Children's literature, Australian > History and criticism. Children's literature, New Zealand > History and criticism. Girls in literature. Femininity in literature. Sex role in literature. Imperialism in literature. National characteristics, British, in literature. Australian literature > British influences.