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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
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| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Seth Lerer |
| ISBN: | 9780226473000 0226473007 0226473015 9780226473017 |
| OCLC Number: | 176980408 |
| Description: | ix, 385 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | List of illustrations -- Introduction : Toward a new history of children's literature -- 1. Speak, child : children's literature in classical antiquity -- 2. Ingenuity and authority : Aesop's fables and their afterlives -- 3. Court, commerce, and cloister : the literatures of medieval childhood -- 4. From alphabet to elegy : the Puritan impact on children's literature -- 5. Playthings of the mind : John Locke and children's literature -- 6. Canoes and cannibals : Robinson Crusoe and its legacies -- 7. From islands to empires : storytelling for a boy's world -- 8. On beyond Darwin : from Kingsley to Seuss -- 9. Ill-tempered and queer : sense and nonsense, from Victorian to modern -- 10. Straw into gold : fairy-tale philology -- 11. Theaters of girlhood : domesticity, desire, and performance in female fiction -- 12. Pan in the garden : the Edwardian turn in children's literature -- 13. Good feeling : prizes, libraries, and the institutions of American children's literature -- 15. Keeping things straight : style and the child -- 15. Tap your pencil on the paper : children's literature in an ironic age -- Epilogue : Children's literature and the history of the book -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index. |
| Responsibility: | Seth Lerer. |
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Table of Contents:
Introduction. Toward a New History of Children's Literature -- 1. Speak, Child: Children's Literature in Classical Antiquity -- 2. Ingenuity and Authority: Aesop's Fables and Their Afterlives -- 3. Court, Commerce, and Cloister: The Literatures of Medieval Childhood -- 4. From Alphabet to Elegy: The Puritan Impact on Children's Literature -- 5. Playthings of the Mind: John Locke and Children's Literature -- 6. Canoes and Cannibals: Robinson Crusoe and Its Legacies -- 7. From Islands to Empires: Storytelling for a Boy's World -- 8. On beyond Darwin: From Kingsley to Seuss -- 9. Ill-Tempered and Queer: Sense and Nonsense, from Victorian to Modern -- 10. Straw into Gold: Fairy-Tale Philology -- 11. Theaters of Girlhood: Domesticity, Desire, and Performance in Female Fiction -- 12. Pan in the Garden: The Edwardian Turn in Children's Literature -- 13. Good Feeling: Prizes, Libraries, and the Institutions of American Children's Literature -- 14. Keeping Things Straight: Style and the Child -- 15. Tap Your Pencil on the Paper: Children's Literature in an Ironic Age -- Epilogue. Children's Literature and the History of the Book.
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