Building Beasties: Disability, Imperialism, and Violence in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies (1954)

By the end of World War II Britain was faced with substantial challenges. There was considerable economic strain with the cost of rebuilding, a large amount of temporarily and permanently disabled and traumatised civilians, soldiers, and medical personnel, as well as British involvement in 11 geopol...

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Autore principale: Holdsworth, Dylan (Autore)
Tipo di documento: Elettronico Articolo
Lingua:Inglese
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Pubblicazione: 2024
In: The Government of Disability in Dystopian Children’s Texts
Anno: 2024, Pagine: 45-66
Accesso online: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)

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