Images of War in Late Victorian War and Adventure Novels for Children

The late-Victorian fascination with war and the military was mirrored in the period’s children’s fiction which presented war as an exciting spectacle and a glorious adventure. Through a number of formulized conventions and strategies, the narratives downplay the dangers of war and stress the inevita...

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Main Author: Dorothea Flothow
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Presses Universitaires de la Méditerranée 2007-12-01
Series:Cahiers Victoriens et Edouardiens
Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/cve/10404
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