{"product_id":"9780226819778-dangerous-children","title":"Dangerous Children","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn Seven Novels and a Story\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGross explores our complex fascination with uncanny children in works of fiction.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Ranging from Victorian to modern works—Lewis Carroll’s \u003ci\u003eAlice in Wonderland\u003c\/i\u003e, Carlo Collodi’s \u003ci\u003ePinocchio\u003c\/i\u003e, Henry James’s \u003ci\u003eWhat Maisie Knew\u003c\/i\u003e, J. M. Barrie’s \u003ci\u003ePeter and Wendy\u003c\/i\u003e, Franz Kafka’s “The Cares of a Family Man,” Richard Hughes’s A High Wind in Jamaica, Elizabeth Bowen’s \u003ci\u003eThe Death of the Heart\u003c\/i\u003e, and Vladimir Nabokov’s \u003ci\u003eLolita\u003c\/i\u003e—Kenneth Gross’s book delves into stories that center around the figure of a strange and dangerous child.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Whether written for adults or child readers, or both at once, these stories all show us odd, even frightening visions of innocence. We see these children’s uncanny powers of speech, knowledge, and play, as well as their nonsense and violence. And, in the tales, these child-lives keep changing shape. These are children who are often endangered as much as dangerous, haunted as well as haunting. They speak for lost and unknown childhoods. In looking at these narratives, Gross traces the reader’s thrill of companionship with these unpredictable, often solitary creatures—children curious about the adult world, who while not accommodating its rules, fall into ever more troubling conversations with adult fears and desires. This book asks how such imaginary children, objects of wonder, challenge our ways of seeing the world, our measures of innocence and experience, and our understanding of time and memory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40657613848673,"sku":"9780226819778","price":22.06,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_40184033_13bf65ea-2aba-4476-8f96-606e0d87315f.jpg?v=1772679000","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780226819778-dangerous-children","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}