Document Type
Honors Project - Open Access
Abstract
The Golden Age of (British) Children’s Literature was famous not only for the proliferation of fiction it hosted, but also for how much of that work featured young heroine protagonists. Starting with the publication of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and examining two other fantasy works compared with three realistic children's novels from this half-century period, this project elucidates the differences between these genres and examines how authors used the characteristics of each to empower their heroines. It argues that these fictitious heroines influenced real-world readers to create progressive futures by providing examples of rebellious girl characters finding happy endings.
Recommended Citation
Barthelemy, Betsy, "Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast: Girlhood in the Creation, Content, and Consumption of Victorian Children’s Literature" (2021). English Honors Projects. 49.
https://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/english_honors/49
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Children's and Young Adult Literature Commons, Literature in English, British Isles Commons, Women's Studies Commons
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