{"product_id":"ventures-into-childland","title":"Ventures into Childland","description":"Behind the innocent face of Victorian fairy tales such as \u003ci\u003eThrough the Looking Glass or Mopsa the Fairy\u003c\/i\u003e lurks the specter of an intense gender debate about the very nature of childhood. Offering brilliant rereadings of classics from the \"Golden Age of Children's Literature\" as well as literature commonly considered \"grown-up,\" U. C. Knoepflmacher illuminates this debate, probing deeply into the relations between adults and children, adults and their own childhood selves, and the lives of beloved Victorian authors and their \"children's tales.\" \u003ci\u003eVentures into Childland\u003c\/i\u003e will delight and instruct all readers of children's classics, and will be essential reading for students of Victorian culture and gender studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eVentures into Childland\u003c\/i\u003e is acute, well written and stimulating. It also has a political purpose, to insist on the importance of protecting and nurturing children, imaginatively and physically.\"—Jan Marsh, \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A provocative and interesting book about Victorian culture.\"—\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"The University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54218454696280,"sku":"9780226448169","price":38.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780226448169_3ab58a40-322c-4145-a316-d2f7e6977b99.jpg?v=1769751011","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/ventures-into-childland","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}