| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 209 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Creating 'good' children -- Socialization: loyalty, duty and self-sacrifice -- Creating manliness and the boy hero -- Romanticizing childhood and England -- Being playful and emotionally alive -- Small adventures and happiness -- Autonomy and affirmation -- Into the story-pot: Harry and heroism -- A modern English folklore |
| Summary |
Children's Literature and British Identity: Imagining a People and a Nation is the story of the development of English children's literature, focusing on how stories inspire children to adhere to the values of society. Such English authors as Lewis Carroll, J.R.R. Tolkien, and J.K. Rowling have entertained, inspired, confronted social wrongs, and transmitted cultural values-functions previously associated with folklore. Their stories form a new folklore tradition that grounds personal identity, provides social glue, and supports a lov |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-200) and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Children's literature, English -- History and criticism
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Children -- Books and reading -- Great Britain
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Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Children -- Books and reading
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Children's literature, English
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Literature and society
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Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2021693902 |
| ISBN |
9780810885172 |
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0810885174 |
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