| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 359 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Cambridge library collection |
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Cambridge library collection
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| Contents |
Preface -- 1. An introductory survey -- 2. The legacy of the Middle Ages: (i) fables -- 3. The legacy of the Middle Ages: (ii) romances and manners -- 4. The Puritans: 'good Godly books' -- 5. The pedalr's pack: 'the running stationers' -- 6. Fairy-tale and nursery rhyme -- 7. Interim: between the old and the new -- 8. John Newbery -- 9. The theorists: Thomas Day, the Edgeworths, and French influence -- 10. The moral tale: (i) didactic -- 11. The moral tale: (ii) persuasive, chiefly in verse -- 12. Interim again: the dawn of levity -- 13. Two new Englands: 'Peter Parley' and 'Felix Summerly' -- 14. The sixties: 'Alice' and after -- 15. The eighties and today: freedom |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Children's literature, English -- History and criticism
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Children -- Books and reading -- England -- History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Cambridge University Press
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| ISBN |
9781139060752 (electronic bk.) |
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1139060759 (electronic bk.) |
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