Romanticism and the Vocation of Childhood

Download or read book Romanticism and the Vocation of Childhood written by Judith A. Plotz and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Judith Plotz explores the normative role that childhood played in Romantic literature. The Romantics claimed the discovery of childhood and idealized the child as a model human being essentially connected to nature. Following an introduction which historicizes the Romantic notion of the child, the book examines discourses of childhood in the works of Wordsworth, Lamb, DeQuincey, and in writings by and about Hartley Coleridge, the poet's son. The final chapter focuses on literary treatments of childhood death, revisiting many of the theoretical issues laid out in the introduction.