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This essay aims to examine childhood in the Victorian era as portrayed in the poems of Hopkins. In the era in question, negative conceptions of childhood were common due to Darwinism, the prevalency of juvenile delinquency, and labor-related problems. Hopkins, as a Catholic priest, sought to lead the children into a sacred and innocent mode of life and then usher them, at a very early age compared to modern practice, into the adult world that is the work place. Both “The Child is Father to the Man” and “Spring” illustrate that his concept of youth is closer to the negative Victorian view than to the optimistic Wordsworthian view. “Brothers” and “The Handsome Heart” depict attitudes like submission, self-discipline, and gentleness, which were viewed by the Victorians as appropriate for the young, demonstrating innocence and suggesting a pure future. “The Bugler’s First Communion” features a double challenge; the boy must preserve his own innocent and holy mind while also serving in a dead-end job, laboring like an adult. Hopkins expects good children to effectively integrate themselves into society, which keeps society, including the working class, united and well controlled.

목차

I. 서론
 II. 유소년의 순수와 타락
 III. 착한 중산층으로 성장하는 유소년
 IV. 유소년의 조숙한 사회진입
 V. 결론
 Works Cited
 Abstract

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저자

• 김연규 [ Kim, Yeon-Gyu | 강릉원주대학교 ]

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간행물

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• 간행물명

  영어영문학연구 [The Jungang Journal of English Language and Literature]

• 간기

  계간

• pISSN

  1598-3293

• 수록기간

  1968~2026

• 등재여부

  KCI 등재

• 십진분류

  KDC 840 DDC 810