Empire's Children - Empire and Imperialism in Classic British Children's Books

List of contents

Series Editor’s Foreword, Acknowledgments, Introduction: Terminology and Territory, CHAPTER 1 Setting Sail, CHAPTER 2 Kipling’s Rules of the Game, CHAPTER 3 The Empire at Home: Burnett and Nesbit, CHAPTER 4 Imperial Fantasies: Lofting and Milne, CHAPTER 5 Swallows and Amazons Forever?, CHAPTER 6 Empire Then and Now: Conclusions, Bibliography, Index

About the author

M. Daphne Kutzer

Summary

This book places classic British children's fictional texts into the cultural context of imperial Britain from 1895 to c1945. Authors include Rudyard Kipling, Frances Hodgson Burnett, E. Nesbitt, A.A. Milne and Arthur Ransome.

Product details

• Authors: M. Daphne Kutzer, Kutzer M. Daphne
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.10.2000
• EAN: 9780815334910
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-3491-0
• No. of pages: 182
• Weight: 500 g
• Series: Children's Literature and Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; European History, English, 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, LITERARY CRITICISM / Children's & Young Adult Literature, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Colonialism & imperialism, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Literary studies: general, Colonialism and imperialism, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Children's & teenage literature studies, Children’s and teenage literature studies: general