| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 232 pages) |
| Series |
Edinburgh critical guides to literature |
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Edinburgh critical guides to literature.
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| Contents |
1. Fables -- 2. Poetry -- 3. Moral and Instructive Tales -- 4. The School Story -- 5. The Family Story -- 6. Fantasy -- 7. The Adventure Story |
| Summary |
This critical guide provides a concise yet comprehensive history of British and North American children's literature from its seventeenth-century origins to the present day. Each chapter focuses on one of the main genres of children's literature: fables, fantasy, adventure stories, moral tales, family stories, the school story, and poetry. The author shows how these forms have evolved over three hundred years as well as asking why most children's books, even today, continue to fall into one or other of these generic categories |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Children's literature, English -- History and criticism
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Children's literature, American -- History and criticism
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Children's literature, American
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Children's literature, English
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| Genre/Form |
dissertations.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Academic theses.
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Thèses et écrits académiques.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780748629848 |
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074862984X |
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1281357545 |
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9781281357540 |
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