Intangible children: longing, loss and the Edwardian dream child in J.M. Barrie's 'The Little White Bird' and Rudyard Kipling's ''They''

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Gavin, A. 2008. Intangible children: longing, loss and the Edwardian dream child in J.M. Barrie's 'The Little White Bird' and Rudyard Kipling's ''They''. in: Gavin, A. and Gavin, A. (ed.) Childhood in Edwardian Fiction: Worlds Enough and Time Basingstoke, Hampshire Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 53-74
AuthorsGavin, A.
EditorsGavin, A. and Gavin, A.
Page range53-74
Year2008
Book titleChildhood in Edwardian Fiction: Worlds Enough and Time
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
Output statusPublished
Place of publicationBasingstoke, Hampshire
ISBN9780230221611
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Print17 Dec 2008
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