Catholicism and Children''s Literature in France - The Comtesse De Segur (1799-1874)

Informationen zum Autor Sophie Heywood is Lecturer in French at the University of Reading. Klappentext The first book-length history of the classic French children's author, the comtesse de Ségur (1799-1874). Virtually unknown in the English-speaking world, in France Ségur is a national icon and a cultural phenomenon. This study of her life and works will interest scholars of children's literature, gender studies, and nineteenth-century France. Zusammenfassung The first book-length history of the classic French children’s author, the comtesse de Ségur (1799-1874). Virtually unknown in the English-speaking world, in France Ségur is a national icon and a cultural phenomenon. This study of her life and works will interest scholars of children’s literature, gender studies, and nineteenth-century France. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis List of abbreviationsList of illustrationsIntroduction1. Life stories2. Nobles, saints, and delinquents: constructions of childhood in the collected works of Madame de Ségur 3. The tribulations of an author: writing, censorship and the reading public under the Second Empire4. The comtesse and the culture wars5. Model girls and divine women: reading the comtesse de Ségur ConclusionAppendix I: The collected works of the comtesse de Ségur Appendix II: EditionsSelect bibliographyIndex

Product details

• Authors: Sophie Heywood, HEYWOOD SOPHIE
• Assisted by: Maire Cross (Editor), David Hopkin (Editor)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2011
• EAN: 9780719084669
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-8466-9
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: Studies in Modern French History; Studies in Modern French Histo; Studies in Modern French Histo; Studies in Modern French and Francophone History; Studies in Modern French and F
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories