Jackie C. Horne

History and the Construction of the Child in Early British Children's Literature (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

Jackie C. Horne examines little-studied robinsonnades, historical novels, and didactic history books to show how changes in the writing of history for adults influenced the construction of child characters in Britain during the early part of the nineteenth century. Situated within the cultural, social, and political contexts of the period, Horne's study will be of interest to specialists in children's literature, the history of education, and book history.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 298
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. April 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317121695
• Artikelnr.: 49366288

Autorenporträt

Jackie C. Horne, a former children's book editor, taught as an Assistant Professor at the Center for the Study of Children's Literature at Simmons College. She is the co-editor of Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows: A Children's Classic at 100.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction: setting off on an exemplary adventure
The emergence of the ordinary: parents and children on the deserted isle
The failure of the ordinary: the function of death in the family Robinsonade
Engaging the ordinary reader: fictionalized history for children
'Men in petticoats' and girls in pants: contesting ordinary femininity in historical fiction for girls
Epilogue: the end of an adventure?
Works cited
Index.