 |
 |
| Ìý |
| Ìý |
Men in Wonderland |
Tuesday 16 October 2001 |
Ìý |
|
There is a line in Nicholas Nickleby when he refers to a boy phenomenon, only to be met with the reply that there is only one phenomenon, and that's a girl.
A fascination with little girls seems to have pervaded Victorian culture, from the novels of Dickens to the paintings of Millais even finding its way into reports of Royal Commissions.
Catherine Robson is a Professor of English at the University of California and the author of Men in Wonderland.
She told Jennifer Chevalier about her own belief that for many Victorian men, the little girl represented their own lost childhood.
Men in Wonderland: The Lost Girlhood of the Victorian Gentleman by Catherine Robson (Princeton University Press, ISBN: 0691004226, £19.95).
Disclaimer
The 91Èȱ¬ is not responsible for the content of external websites. |
| Ìý |
| Ìý |
|
|
|
Ìý |
What will sway your vote?
Retired? Downsizing? Moving home to be nearer the kids?We'd like to hear your stories about moving house  |
More about Woman's HourÌýpodcasts
|
 | |
Ìý
| |
|
|
