The Image of Childhood

Originally published as Poor Monkey, Peter Coveney's study of the theme of childhood in literature is an entirely unique work. Taking as its poles the revolutionary. theories of Rousseau and our own post-Freudian era, “The Image of Childhood” surveys the ways in which the child has been portrayed, or frankly exploited, through a wide range of authors, from Blake and Wordsworth to Joyce and Lawrence.

Published 1967, Peregrine Book.

Binding of book is loose. Moderate creasing and shelfwear on covers of book. Some tanning and foxing on edges of book. Annotations in pencil and some foxing on insides of covers. Annotation in pen on title page. Annotations in pen and slight foxing on certain pages, otherwise in good condition.