Child Reader, 1700-1840

Informationen zum Autor M. O. Grenby is Reader in Children's Literature at Newcastle University. Klappentext Children's literature, as we know it today, first came into existence in Britain in the eighteenth century. This book is the first major study to consider who the first users of this new product were, which titles they owned, how they acquired and used their books, and what they thought of them. Evidence of these things is scarce. But by drawing on a diverse array of sources, including inscriptions and marginalia, letters and diaries, inventories and parish records, and portraits and pedagogical treatises, and by pioneering exciting methodologies, it has been possible to reconstruct both sociological profiles of consumers and the often touching experiences of individual children. Grenby's discoveries about the owners of children's books, and their use, abuse and perception of this new product, will be key to understanding how children's literature was able to become established as a distinct and flourishing element of print culture. Zusammenfassung Pioneering exciting methodologies! in this book Grenby looks at the first users of the new children's literature that developed in the eighteenth century. It will be essential reading for anyone interested in the history of reading! of childhood! and of children's literature. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction; 2. Owners; 3. Books; 4. Acquisition; 5. Use; 6. Attitudes; 7. Conclusions; Select bibliography.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: M. O. Grenby, M. O. (University of Newcastle Upon Tyne) Grenby, Matthew Grenby, Grenby M. O.
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 17.02.2011
• EAN: 9780521196444
• ISBN: 978-0-521-19644-4
• Seiten: 338
• Themen: Belletristik > Lyrik, Dramatik; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Englische Sprachwissenschaft / Literaturwissenschaft; Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Library, archive and information management, Children's & teenage literature studies, Children’s and teenage literature studies: general