Fantasy and Reason: Children's Literature in the Eighteenth Century
Book Description
Geoffrey Summerfield retraces the major philosophical, moral and social factors bearing on children's development in the eighteenth century, leading up to the poetic expression in book V of Wordsworth's Prelude of a sustained analysis of children's growth, their mental health and the life of their imaginations.
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Wordsworth's poem is the starting point for this book, which goes back to... More
Book Information
Publisher | Univ of Georgia Carl Vinson Inst of |
Binding | Hardcover (3 editions) |
Reading Level | Uncategorized |
# of Pages | 315 |
ISBN-10 | 0820307637 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0820307633 |
Publication Date | 03/1985 |
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