History and the Construction of the Child in Early British Children's Literature
Book Description
How did the 'flat' characters of eighteenth-century children's literature become 'round' by the mid-nineteenth? While previous critics have pointed to literary Romanticism for an explanation, Jackie C. Horne argues that this shift can be better understood by looking to the discipline of history. Eighteenth-century humanism believed the purpose of history was to teach private and public virtue by c... More
Book Information
Publisher | Routledge Books |
Binding | Hardcover (3 editions) |
Reading Level | Uncategorized |
# of Pages | 298 |
ISBN-10 | 1409407888 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1409407881 |
Publication Date | 04/28/2011 |
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