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

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Sophie Heywood, Heywood Sophie
• Con la collaborazione di: Maire Cross (Editore), David Hopkin (Editore)
• Editore: Manchester University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.11.2011
• EAN: 9780719084669
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-8466-9
• Pagine: 232
• Serie: 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
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; French, RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic, France, European History, HISTORY / Europe / France, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / French, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form