History and the construction of the child in early British children's literature
By: by Jackie C. Horne
Series: Ashgate studies in childhood, 1700 to the present
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Farnham, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 283
ISBN-13: 9781409407881; 9781409407898
Subjects: Books and reading; Children in literature; Children's stories, English; History and criticism; Children; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: setting off on an exemplary adventure; title: The emergence of the ordinary: parents and children on the deserted isle; title: The failure of the ordinary: the function of death in the family robinsonade; title: Engaging the ordinary reader: fictionalized history for children; title: "Men in petticoats" and girls in pants: contesting ordinary femininity in historical fiction for girls; title: Epilogue: the end of an adventure?