Children''s Books in England - Five Centuries of Social Life

Klappentext Published in 1932! this classic study analyses the evolution of children's literature! and remains an invaluable resource today. Zusammenfassung A classic study for anyone interested in children's literature! this influential 1932 publication remains an invaluable source of information today. F. J. Harvey Darton analyses the evolution of the genre! from fables to fairy tales! setting English children's literature in its social and historical context. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. An introductory survey; 2. The legacy of the middle ages: i. Fables; 3. The legacy of the middle ages: ii. Romance and manners; 4. The Puritans: 'Good godly books'; 5. The Pedlar's pack: 'The running stationers'; 6. Fairy-tale and nursery rhyme; 7. Interim: between the old and the new; 8. John Newbery; 9. The theorists: Thomas Day, the Edgeworths, and French influence; 10. The moral tale: i. Didactic; 11. The moral tale: ii. Persuasive, chiefly in verse; 12. Interim again: the dawn of levity; 13. Two New Englands: 'Peter Parley' and 'Felix Summerly'; 14. The Sixties, Alice and after; 15. The Eighties and to-day: freedom; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Frederick Joseph Harvey Darton, Darton Frederick Joseph Harvey
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.11.2011
• EAN: 9781108033817
• ISBN: 978-1-108-03381-7
• No. of pages: 394
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; England, English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Children's & Young Adult Literature, Children's & teenage literature studies, Children’s and teenage literature studies: general