HR job title
- Retired Professor
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- 1 979 458 0377
Nelson, Claudia Professor (Emerita)
Positions
- Professor Emerita, English, College of Arts and Sciences
My areas of specialization are Victorian literature and culture, with particular emphasis on gender, family, and childhood; I have also published work on American texts, particularly those of the nineteenth century.
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Publications
selected publications
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academic article
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Tan, F., & Nelson, C.
(2022).
Can You Hear My Cry? Representing War and Trauma in Picturebooks for Peace from China, South Korea, and Japan. International Research in Children's Literature.
15(1), 1-14.
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Morey, A., & Nelson, C.
(2021).
Cross-Species Kinship Dilemmas: Adoption and Dinosaurs in the Jurassic Park Franchise. Adoption & Culture.
9(2), 154-177.
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Kim, S., & Nelson, C.
(2018).
Navigating Between Home and Empire: Mobility and Male Friendship in Tom Brown's Schooldays and The Three Midshipmen. 49(3), 323-337.
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Claudia Nelson.
(2018).
Masked Kidnappers: Representing Adoptive Mothers, 19392010. Adoption & Culture.
6(1), 94-94.
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Morey, A., & Nelson, C.
(2015).
"A God Buys Us Cheeseburgers": Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson Series and America's Culture Wars. The Lion and the Unicorn: a critical journal of children's literature.
39(3), 235-253.
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Nelson, C. B.
(2015).
Adapting Chinese Children's Texts for U .S .ReadersThree Case Studies. Journal of Ocean University of China.
46-50.
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Nelson, C.
(2013).
Adoption, Fostering, and the Poor. Victorian Review: an interdisciplinary journal of victorian studies.
39(2), 57-61.
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Morey, A. M., & Nelson, C.
(2012).
The Secret Sharer: The Child in Neo-Victorian Fiction. Neo-Victorian Studies.
5(1), 1-13.
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Nelson, C.
(2011).
Between Women: Friendship, Desire, and Marriage in Victorian England. JOURNAL OF THE HISTORY OF SEXUALITY.
20(2), 413-416.
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Morey, A. M., & Nelson, C.
(2011).
Phallus and Void in Kiplings The Vampire and Its Progeny. 24(2), 39-55.
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Nelson, C.
(2007).
Performance and Adoption in Noel Streatfeild's Children's Fiction. Adoption & Culture.
1(1), 187-203.
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Nelson, C.
(2006).
The child-woman and the Victorian novel. Nineteenth Century Studies -Charleston-.
20, 1-12.
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Nelson, C.
(2006).
Writing the Reader: The Literary Child in and Beyond the Book. Children�s Literature Association Quarterly.
31(3), 222-236.
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Nelson, C.
(2005).
Asserting Stability? American Girl Magazine in the Nixon Era. Letterature d’America.
25(106), 123-142.
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Nelson, C.
(2003).
Deconstructing the Paterfamilias: British Magazines and the Imagining of the Maternal Father, 18501910. Journal of Men's Studies: a scholarly journal about men and masculinities.
11(3), 293-308.
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Nelson, C.
(2003).
Ethel Turner and the 'voices of dissent': Masculinity and fatherhood in The cub and Captain cub. Papers: Explorations into Children's Literature.
13(1), 4-10.
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Nelson, C.
(2001).
Drying the Orphan's Tear: Changing Representations of the Dependent Child in America, 1870-1930. Children's Literature: annual of the modern language association division on children's literature.
29(1), 52-70.
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NELSON, C.
(2001).
Nontraditional Adoption in Progressive-Era Orphan Narratives. Mosaic (Winnipeg, 1967): a journal for the interdisciplinary study of literature.
34(2), 181-197.
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Nelson, C.
(1999).
Playing Patients: The Medico-Moral Context of The Heavenly Twins. Journal of Contemporary Thought.
9(1), 145-168.
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Nelson, C.
(1998).
Art for Man's Sake: Frances Browne's Magic and Victorian Social Aesthetics. Bookbird: a journal of international children's literature.
36(2), 19-24.
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Nelson, C.
(1998).
David and Jonathanand SaulRevisited: Homodomestic Patterns in British Boys' Magazine Fiction, 1880-1915. Children�s Literature Association Quarterly.
23(3), 120-127.
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Nelson, C.
(1997).
Mixed Messages: Authoring and Authority in British Boys' Magazines. The Lion and the Unicorn: a critical journal of children's literature.
21(1), 1-19.
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Nelson, C.
(1990).
The beast within:Winnie-the-Pooh reassessed. Children's Literature in Education: an international quarterly.
21(1), 17-22.
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Nelson, C.
(1989).
Sex and the Single Boy: Ideals of Manliness and Sexuality in Victorian Literature for Boys. Victorian Studies.
32(4), 525-550.
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Tan, F., & Nelson, C.
(2022).
Can You Hear My Cry? Representing War and Trauma in Picturebooks for Peace from China, South Korea, and Japan. International Research in Children's Literature.
15(1), 1-14.
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book
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Nelson, C., & Morey, A.
(2019).
Topologies of the Classical World in Children's Fiction Palimpsests, Maps, and Fractals. Oxford University Press.
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Nelson, C.
(2015).
Queer Victorian Families, Curious Relations in Literature. Taylor & Francis.
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Nelson, C. B., & Morris, M. R.
(2014).
Representing Children in Chinese and U.S. Children's Literature. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd..
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Nelson, C., Strange, J., & Egenolf, S. B.
(2013).
Wives and Mothers. British Family Life, 1780-1914. Ed. Egenolf, Susan.
Taylor & Francis.
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Nelson, C.
(2012).
Precocious children and childish adults: Age inversion in Victorian literature. JHU Press.
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Nelson, C.
(2010).
Invisible Men Fatherhood in Victorian Periodicals, 1850-1910. University of Georgia Press.
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Nelson, C.
(2007).
Family Ties in Victorian England. Greenwood Publishing Group.
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Nelson, C.
(2003).
Little Strangers Portrayals of Adoption and Foster Care in America, 1850-1929. Indiana University Press.
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Nelson, C., & Holmes, A. S.
(1997).
Maternal Instincts Visions of Motherhood and Sexuality in Britain, 1875-1925
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Nelson, C.
(1991).
Boys will be girls: The feminine ethic and British children's fiction, 1857-1917. Rutgers Univ Pr.
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Nelson, C., & Morey, A.
(2019).
Topologies of the Classical World in Children's Fiction Palimpsests, Maps, and Fractals. Oxford University Press.
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chapter
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Tan, F., & Nelson, C.
(2022).
Youth Ecoagency in Two Chinese Science Fiction Films on Environmental Disasters. Chen, S., & Lau, S. W. (Eds.),
Representations of Children and Success in Asia.
(pp. 183-199).
Taylor & Francis.
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Nelson, C.
(2022).
The Beginnings of Fiction for Children. Coats, K., & Stevenson, D. (Eds.),
The Blackwell Companion to Children's Literature.
(pp. 14-25).
Wiley-Blackwell.
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Nelson, C.
(2020).
Orphans, Money and Marriage in Sensation Novels by Wilkie Collins and Philip Pullman. Warren, D., & Peters, L. (Eds.),
Rereading Orphanhood: Texts, Inheritance, Kin.
(pp. 248-267).
Edinburgh University Press.
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Nelson, C.
(2017).
Growing Up: Childhood. A Companion to Victorian Literature and Culture.
(pp. 67-81).
Wiley.
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Nelson, C.
(2016).
Adult Childrens Literature in Victorian Britain. Denisoff, D. (Eds.),
The Nineteenth-Century Child and Consumer Culture.
(pp. 137-149).
Routledge.
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Nelson, C.
(2016).
Representing Children in Chinese and U.S. Children's Literature. Nelson, C., & Morris, R. (Eds.),
Representing Children in Chinese and U.S. Children's Literature.
(pp. 137-146).
Routledge.
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Nelson, C.
(2015).
Childrens writing. Peterson, L. H. (Eds.),
The Cambridge Companion to Victorian Women's Writing.
(pp. 251-264).
Cambridge University Press (CUP).
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Nelson, C. B.
(2015).
Children's literature. Felluga, D. F., Gilbert, P. K., & Hughes, L. K. (Eds.),
The Encyclopedia of Victorian Literature, 4 Volume Set.
JOhn Wiley & Sons.
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Nelson, C. B.
(2014).
Transmitting Ethics through Books of Golden Deeds for Children. Mills, C. (Eds.),
Ethics and Children's Literature.
(pp. 15-28).
Ashgate Publishing, Ltd..
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Nelson, C.
(2014).
Growing Up: Childhood. Tucker, H. F. (Eds.),
A New Companion to Victorian Literature and Culture.
(pp. 67-81).
Wiley.
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Nelson, C.
(2012).
Writing for children. Flint, K. (Eds.),
The Cambridge History of Victorian Literature.
(pp. 311-328).
Cambridge University Press (CUP).
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Claudia, N.
(2011).
Childrens Fiction. Kucich, J., & Taylor, J. B. (Eds.),
The Oxford History of the Novel in English.
(pp. 154-168).
Oxford University Press (OUP).
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Nelson, C.
(2011).
Jade and the Tomboy Tradition. Mickenberg, J., & Vallone, L. (Eds.),
The Oxford Handbook of Children's Literature.
(pp. 497-518).
Oxford University Press.
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Nelson, C.
(2010).
Care in Feeding: Vegetarianism and Social Reform in Alcott's America. Nelson, C., & Vallone, L. (Eds.),
The Girl's Own Cultural Histories of the Anglo-American Girl, 1830-1915.
(pp. 11-33).
University of Georgia Press.
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Nelson, C.
(2007).
A Wealth of Fatherhood: Paternity in American Adoption Narratives. Broughton, T. L., & Rogers, H. (Eds.),
Gender and Fatherhood in the Nineteenth Century.
(pp. 165-177).
Palgrave MacMillan.
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Nelson, C.
(2006).
Orphans and Literature. Askeland, L. (Eds.),
Children and Youth in Adoption, Orphanages, and Foster Care: A Historical Handbook and Guide.
(pp. 79-91).
Greenwood Publishing Group.
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Nelson, C.
(2006).
The "It" Girl (and Boy): Ideologies of Gender in the Psammead Trilogy. Jones, R. E. (Eds.),
E. Nesbit's Psammead Trilogy A Children's Classic at 100.
(pp. 1-15).
Scarecrow Press.
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Nelson, C., & Martin, M. H.
(2004).
Introduction. (pp. 1-13).
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Nelson, C.
(2004).
That other eden: Adult education and youthful sexuality in the pearl, 18791880. Sexual Pedagogies: Sex Education in Britain, Australia, and America, 1879-2000.
(pp. 15-32).
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Nelson, C.
(2004).
The Convergence of the Twain: Representations of Asians in St. Nicholas Magazine, 1888-1910. Tong, B. (Eds.),
Asian American Children A Historical Handbook and Guide.
(pp. 47-64).
Greenwood Publishing Group.
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Nelson, C.
(2003).
"In These Days of Scientific Charity": Orphanages and Social Engineering in Dear Enemy. McGilis, R. (Eds.),
Children's Literature and the Fin de Sicle.
(pp. 91-99).
Greenwood Publishing Group.
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Nelson, C.
(2003).
The unheimlich maneuver : uncanny domesticity in the urban waif tale. Mallan, K., & Pearce, S. (Eds.),
Youth Cultures Texts, Images, and Identities.
(pp. 109-121).
Greenwood Publishing Group.
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Nelson, C.
(1997).
Under the Guidance of a Wise Mother: British Sex Education at the Fin de Sicle. Nelson, C., & Holmes, A. S. (Eds.),
Maternal Instincts: Visions of Motherhood and Sexuality in Britain, 18751925.
(pp. 98-121).
Palgrave Macmillan UK.
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Nelson, C.
(1994).
Fantasies de Siecle: Sex and Sexuality in the Late-Victorian Fairy Tale. Manos, N. L., & Rochelson, M. J. (Eds.),
Transforming Genres New Approaches to British Fiction of the 1890s.
(pp. 87-107).
Palgrave MacMillan.
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Tan, F., & Nelson, C.
(2022).
Youth Ecoagency in Two Chinese Science Fiction Films on Environmental Disasters. Chen, S., & Lau, S. W. (Eds.),
Representations of Children and Success in Asia.
(pp. 183-199).
Taylor & Francis.
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Nesbit, E., & Nelson, C.
(2013).
The Story of the Treasure Seekers and The Wouldbegoods
Nelson, C. B. (Eds.),
Palgrave MacMillan.
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Nelson, C., Strange, J., & Egenolf, S. B.
(2013).
British Family Life, 1780-1914
Nelson, C. B. (Eds.),
Pickering & Chatto Limited.
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Nelson, C., & Vallone, L.
(2010).
The Girl's Own Cultural Histories of the Anglo-American Girl, 1830-1915
Nelson, C. B. (Eds.),
University of Georgia Press.
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Nelson, C., & Martin, M. H.
(2004).
Sexual pedagogies: Sex education in Britain, Australia, and America, 18792000
Nelson, C., & Martin, M. H. (Eds.),
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Nesbit, E., & Nelson, C.
(2013).
The Story of the Treasure Seekers and The Wouldbegoods
Nelson, C. B. (Eds.),
Palgrave MacMillan.
Teaching
teaching activities
- ENGL303 Approaches Engl Studies Instructor
- ENGL374 Women Writers Instructor
- ENGL377 British Novel To 1870 Instructor
- ENGL378 Brit Novel 1870-present Instructor
- ENGL481 Sr Sem: Victorian Fantasy Instructor
- ENGL485 Directed Studies Instructor
- ENGL640 Tpcs Childrens Lit&cultr Instructor
- ENGL685 Directed Studies Instructor
- ENGL691 Research Instructor
- ENGL691 Research: In-ab Instructor
- ENGL695 Publication & Profession Instructor
- WGST374 Women Writers Instructor
Works By Students
chaired theses and dissertations
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Ashie, Christina Anne (2008-10). Model minority mothering: biculturalism in action.
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Day, Sara K. (2011-10). Narrative Intimacy in Contemporary American Fiction for Adolescent Women.
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Fritz, Sonya Sawyer (2012-02). Girlhood Geographies: Mapping Gendered Spaces in Victorian Literature for Children.
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Talafuse, Elizabeth (2014-05). I Am the Monster: Self and the Monstrous Feminine in Contemporary Young Adult Literature.
Background
education and training
- Ph.D. in English Literature, Indiana University System - (Bloomington, Indiana, United States) 1989
- A.B. in History, Bryn Mawr College - (Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, United States) 1980
awards and honors
Contact
first name
- Claudia
has last name
- Nelson
mailing address
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Texas A&M University
English
4227 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-4227
USA
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- claudia_nelson@tamu.edu