Although Geoffrey Chaucer is the major author for Middle English studies, he often receives little notice in studies of children's literature. However, there is a fascinating relationship between Chaucer and children's interests.
This book examines in detail Chaucer stories retold for children--both the texts and the illustrations, which are excellent examples of the verbal and visual storytelling that are very important in children's literature. The popularity of certain Chaucer stories, their adjustment for children, and the historical, political, educational, and social contexts of the...
Although Geoffrey Chaucer is the major author for Middle English studies, he often receives little notice in studies of children's literature. However...
First published in 1807, Mary and Charles Lambs Tales from Shakespeare was almost immediately recognized as a classic of childrens literature, and it was reprinted many times in subsequent years. This work examines the significance of the Lambs Tales, including the ways in which the lavishly illustrated Edwardian editions used pictures to convey the stories for children. It also covers Victorian alternatives to the Lambs stories, Shakespeare in English school textbooks from the period, and multi-volume American collections that presented Shakespeare for children.
First published in 1807, Mary and Charles Lambs Tales from Shakespeare was almost immediately recognized as a classic of childrens literature, and it ...
Edmund Spenser's vast epic poemThe Faerie Queene is the most challenging masterpiece in early modern literature and is praised as the work most representative of the Elizabethan age. In it he fused traditions of medieval romance and classical epic, his religious and political allegory creating a Protestant alternative to the Catholic romances rejected by humanists and Puritans. The poem was later made over as children's literature, retold in lavish volumes and schoolbooks and appreciated in pedagogical studies and literary histories.
Distinguished writers for children simplified the...
Edmund Spenser's vast epic poemThe Faerie Queene is the most challenging masterpiece in early modern literature and is praised as the work most repres...
"Cervantes is regarded as the author of the first novel and the inventor of fiction. This book explores the noble and "mad" adventures retold by distinguished writers and artists in Edwardian books, collections, home libraries, schoolbooks and picture books internationally that deviate from traditional retellings yet still speak to the knight-errant's lasting influence and appeal to children"--
"Cervantes is regarded as the author of the first novel and the inventor of fiction. This book explores the noble and "mad" adventures retold by disti...
