Haunted Wood - A History of Childhood Reading

The Sunday Times Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2025
A Sunday Times, Irish Times, Financial Times, Independent, Daily Mail, TLS, Economist, Prospect, Evening Standard and New Statesman Book of the Year 2024

*The perfect Christmas gift for booklovers*

'A MARVEL' PHILIP PULLMAN

The stories we read as children matter a great deal. The best ones are indelible in our memories; reaching far beyond our childhoods, they are a window into our deepest hopes, joys and anxieties. They reveal our past - collective and individual, remembered and imagined - and invite us to dream up different futures.

In a pioneering history of the children's literary canon, The Haunted Wood reveals the magic of childhood reading, from the ancient tales of Aesop, through the Victorian and Edwardian golden age to new classics. Excavating the complex lives of our most beloved writers, Sam Leith offers a humane portrait of a genre and celebrates the power of books to inspire and console entire generations.

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'A DELIGHT' JULIA DONALDSON

'A JOY' MICHAEL ROSEN

'GLORIOUSLY ENTERTAINING' TOM HOLLAND

Info autore

Sam Leith is Literary Editor of the Spectator. He has also written extensively for the Guardian, TLS, Financial Times, Telegraph and Daily Mail, and was a judge for the 2015 Man Booker Prize. His previous books include You Talkin' To Me?: Rhetoric from Aristotle to Trump and Beyond, and Write To The Point: How to be Clear, Correct, and Persuasive on the Page.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Sam Leith, Leith Sam
• Editore: Oneworld
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 05.09.2024
• EAN: 9780861548187
• ISBN: 978-0-86154-818-7
• Pagine: 592
• Categorie: Saggistica > Arte, letteratura > Bibliografia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura / linguistica inglese; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, Biography: literary, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, 20th Century, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Children's & Young Adult Literature, 21st Century, c 1800 to c 1900, Holidays & seasonal interest, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literature: history & criticism, Social and cultural history, British Isles, Literary reference works, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, 1837–1901 (Victorian period), Biography: writers, Literature: history and criticism, Early 21st century c 2000 to c 2050, Children's & teenage literature studies, Literary companions, book reviews & guides, Relating to childhood, Literary companions, book reviews and guides, World Book Day, Children’s and teenage literature studies: general, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General