Download or read book Ventures Into Childland written by U. C. Knoepflmacher and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1998-08-03 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Behind the innocent face of Victorian fairy tales lurks the spectre of an intense 19th-century debate about the very nature--and ownership--of childhood. In VENTURES INTO CHILDLAND, scholar U.C. Knoepflmacher probes deeply into the relations between the lives of beloved Victorian authors and their "children's tales". 39 illustrations.