About the Book: Family, School and Nation: The Child and Literary Constructions
in 20th-Century Bengal
Contents
Preface.
1. Western Approaches to Childhood: An Overview.
2. Literary and Non Literary Representations of the Child in Nineteenth Century
Bengal: An Overview.
3. The Twentieth Century Child versus the Home and Family.
4. Growing Resentments: The School and the Education System.
5. Escapes: Real and Fantastic.
6. Encounters with the World Beyond: Responding to the Nation in Crisis.
7. The Rebel Child and the Conformist Resolution.
Glossary.
Bibliography.
About the Author.
About the Author: Nivedita Sen
Nivedita Sen-Associate Professor of English literature at Hans Raj College,
University of Delhi.