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Author:
Knuth, Rebecca, 1949-
Title:
Children's literature and British identity : imagining a people and a nation / Rebecca Knuth.
Publisher:
Scarecrow Press,
Copyright Date:
2012
Description:
ix, 209 p. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Children's literature, English--History and criticism.
Children--Books and reading--Great Britain.
Literature and society--Great Britain--History.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction -- Creating 'good' children -- Socialization: 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.
ISBN:
0810885174 (ebook)
9780810885172 (ebook)
0810885166 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780810885165 (cloth : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)774500465
LCCN:
2012002337
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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