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juvenilia

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ju·ve·nil·i·a  (jv-nl-, -nly)
pl.n.
Works, particularly written or artistic works, produced in an author's or artist's youth.

[Latin iuvenlia, from neuter pl. of iuvenlis, juvenile; see juvenile.]

juvenilia [ˌdʒuːvɪˈnɪlɪə]
pl n
(Literary & Literary Critical Terms) works of art, literature, or music produced in youth or adolescence, before the artist, author, or composer has formed a mature style
[from Latin, literally: youthful things; see juvenile]

juvenilia
1. the literary compositions produced in an author’s youth.
2. literary productions intended for the young.
See also: Literary Style
Translations
juvenilia [ˌdʒuːvɪˈnɪlɪə] NPLobras fpl de juventud
juvenilia
pl (form)Jugendwerke pl


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Park Honan has contended that Austen's juvenilia allowed her not only to work through her reactions to her own reading but also "to reconcile herself to attitudes she did not like without taking positions her family might oppose" (70).
Her Penguin Juvenilia editors (Doody & Murray) miss the precision of her application of toad-eater in Lesley Castle to a woman; Grose's Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (1785) defines it as 'a poor female relation, or reduced
I expressed an interest in toys to the manager and was appointed toys and juvenilia manager.
 
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