Child Reader, 1700-1840

Informationen zum Autor M. O. Grenby is Reader in Children's Literature at Newcastle University. Klappentext "Although approaching the subject from the point of view of the reader, this book is fundamentally about the origins of children's literature as a separate and secure branch of print culture, a development that took place in Britain over the course of the long eighteenth century. Deplorably little is known about precisely how and why this happened. The new commodity was the product of a number of interconnected factors. It was a development based on enterprising entrepreneurs, talented authors and illustrators, and technological innovations, but also shifting cultural constructions of childhood, demographic changes, and socio-economic transformations. Its consumers were absolutely central to its sudden take-off. Indeed, this book will be arguing that the very concept of children's literature was in large part the product of its purchasers and users"-- 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.

Product details

• Authors: M. O. Grenby, M. O. (University of Newcastle Upon Tyne) Grenby, Matthew Grenby, Grenby M. O.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.02.2011
• EAN: 9780521196444
• ISBN: 978-0-521-19644-4
• No. of pages: 338
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; 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