| Description |
xiv, 378 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 360-366) and index. |
| Contents |
List of contributors -- List of colour illustrations -- Editor's preface -- 1. The beginnings of children's reading to c. 1700 / Gillian Avery -- 2. Publishing for children (1700-1780) / Margaret Kinnell -- 3. Morality and levity (1780-1820) / Gillian Avery and Margaret Kinnell -- 4. The beginnings of Victorianism (c. 1820-1850) / Dennis Butts -- 5. Children's literature in America from the Puritan beginnings to 1870 / Anne Scott MacLeod -- 6. The emergence of form (1850-1890) / Julia Briggs and Dennis Butts -- 7. Transitions (1890-1914) / Julia Briggs -- 8. Retreatism and advance (1914-1945) / Peter Hunt -- 9. Children's literature in America (1870-1945) -- 10. Internationalism, fantasy, and realism (1945-1970) / Peter Hollindale and Zena Sutherland -- 11. Contemporary children's literature (1970-present) / Tony Watkins and Zena Sutherland -- 12. Colonial and post-colonial children's literature : Australia / Michael Stone ; Canada / Roderick McGillis ; New Zealand / Betty Gilderdale -- Chronology -- Further reading -- Illustration sources -- Index. |
| Subject |
Children's literature, English -- History and criticism.
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Children's literature, American -- History and criticism.
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Children's literature, Commonwealth (English) -- History and criticism.
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Children -- Books and reading -- English-speaking countries.
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| Indexed Term |
Children's literature History |
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English literature |
| Added Author |
Hunt, Peter, 1945-
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Butts, Dennis, 1932-
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| ISBN |
0192123203 (acid-free paper) |
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9780192123206 (acid-free paper) |
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