Children's Books in England: Five Centuries of Social Life (Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies) - Softcover

Darton, Frederick Joseph Harvey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1108033814 ISBN 13: 9781108033817

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2011

Synopsis

From fables to fairy tales, romances to nursery rhymes, this highly influential 1932 study analyses the evolution of children's literature. Publisher and writer F. J. Harvey Darton (1878-1936) draws upon his family's involvement in children's publishing since the late eighteenth century, his knowledge of medieval literature, and his own extensive collection of children's books to present the first account of English children's literature seen as a continuous whole. Setting children's books in their historical context, the work reflects much about the history of English social life as well as providing an in-depth perspective on the genre - in the author's words 'a chronicle of the English people in their capacity of parents, guardians and educators of children'. A classic and authoritative study for anyone interested in the history of children's literature, Darton's book remains an invaluable source of information on the genre.

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Book Description:

A classic study for anyone interested in children's literature, this influential 1932 publication remains an invaluable source of information today. F. J. Harvey Darton analyses the evolution of the genre, from fables to fairy tales, setting English children's literature in its social and historical context.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1108033814
• ISBN 13: 9781108033817
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 394