A Critical History of French Children's Literature : Volume One: 1600-1830

ISBN-13: 9780415973267 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 312 str.

Penny Brown;Routledge

Opis

Traces the relationship between children's literature and social change, revealing the extent to which children's books were informed by pedagogical, moral, religious and political agenda. This volume explores the implications of the dual imperatives of instruction and amusement which have underpinned writing for children throughout the centuries.

Recenzje

"Writing specifically for children is a comparatively modern preoccupation, and scholarship about writing for children is an even more recent phenomenon. This is why this book on French children's literature is so important...Brown treats the French counterparts of Blyton, Dahl, Tolkien, and Rowling with intelligence and flair, pointing out radical intertextualities and new acculturations. Packed with detail and bibliographic material, this is a rich resource indeed. Highly recommended." -- K.M. Sibbald, Choice, May 2008

Spis treści

Contents.  Acknowledgments.  Series Editor’s Forward.  Introduction.  1: Children as Readers in the Seventeenth Century  2: Fables and Fairy Tales  3: Instruction and Amusement: A New Literature for Children  4: Changing Narratives: The Moral and Didactic Novel  5: L'Ami des Enfans and Performative Morality  6: Children of the Revolution (and Afterwards)  7: The End of the Beginning.  Conclusion.  Notes.  Bibliography

O autorze

Penny Brown is Senior Lecturer in Comparative Literary Studies at the University of Manchester, U.K., and also author of The Poison at the Source and The Captured World.