Melancholia and Maturation: The Use of Trauma in American Children's Literature by Eric L. Tribunella

Melancholia and Maturation: The Use of Trauma in American Children's Literature

Eric L. Tribunella

161 pages first pub 2009 (editions)

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“Coming of age” in children’s fiction often means achieving maturity through the experience of trauma. In classics ranging from Old Yeller to The Outsiders, a narrative of psychological pain defies expectations of childhood as a time of innocence ...

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