The Boy Detective in Early British Children’s Literature

1. Introduction: The Birth of the Boy Detective
Lucy Andrew

2. The Corruption of Youth: Juvenile Delinquency and the Boy Detective Hero
Lucy Andrew

3. Taming the Beast: Adolescence, Empire and the Detective’s Boy Assistant
Lucy Andrew

4. “Be Prepared!”: Looming Conflict, Active Citizenship and the Rise of the Professional Boy Detective
Lucy Andrew

5. Forever Young: The Cult of Childhood and the Schoolboy Detective
Lucy Andrew

6. The Journey Continues? Boy Detectives Beyond the Story Papers
Lucy Andrew

Keywords: Literature, Children's Literature, British and Irish Literature, Nineteenth-Century Literature, Twentieth-Century Literature