Unseasonable youth [electronic resource] : modernism, colonialism, and the fiction of development / Jed Esty. Esty, Joshua, 1967- English fiction 19th century History and criticism. English fiction 20th century History and criticism. Modernism (Literature) Great Britain. Bildungsromans, English History and criticism. Youth in literature. Adolescence in literature. Progress in literature. Colonies in literature. Imperialism in literature. PR878.M63 E77 2012 823.1009 23 Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record. 'Unseasonable Youth' examines a range of modernist-era fictions that cast doubt on the ideology of progress through the figure of stunted or endless adolescence. New York : Oxford University Press, c2012. c2012. 2012 Text 1 online resource (xv, 282 p.). http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199857968.001.0001 eng Modernist literature & culture Modernist literature & culture. Great Britain.