Children's Literature and the Rise of ‘Mind Cure' Positive Thinking and Pseudo-Science at the Fin de Siècle
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- Children’s Literature and the Rise of “Mind Cure”
- Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture
- Children’s Literature and the Rise of “Mind Cure”
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 The Inner Child in Frances Hodgson Burnett’s Little Lord Fauntleroy and Sara Crewe
- Chapter 2 Fauntleroy’s Ghost
- Chapter 3 Rewriting the Rest Cure in Frances Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret Garden
- Chapter 4 Sunshine and Shadow
- Chapter 5 New Women, New Thoughts
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture
- References
Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 December 2020
Book contents
- Children’s Literature and the Rise of “Mind Cure”
- Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture
- Children’s Literature and the Rise of “Mind Cure”
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 The Inner Child in Frances Hodgson Burnett’s Little Lord Fauntleroy and Sara Crewe
- Chapter 2 Fauntleroy’s Ghost
- Chapter 3 Rewriting the Rest Cure in Frances Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret Garden
- Chapter 4 Sunshine and Shadow
- Chapter 5 New Women, New Thoughts
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture
- References
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- Children's Literature and the Rise of ‘Mind Cure'Positive Thinking and Pseudo-Science at the Fin de Siècle, pp. 250 - 256Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020
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