Children's books in England
Subtitle: five centuries of social life
By: F. J. Harvey Darton
Contributors: Alderson, Brian.
Edition: 3rd ed. / revised by Brian Alderson
Publisher: New York; Cambridge University Press
Published: 1982
Place of publication: Cambridge, Eng.; New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 398
ISBN-13: 9780521240208
Subjects: Children -- England -- Books and reading.; Children's literature, English -- Bibliography.; Children's literature, English -- History and criticism.; Publishers and publishing -- England -- History.; England -- Social life and customs.
Notes: Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 362-375.
Table of contents: title: Preface to the first edition / F. J. Harvey Darton; title: Preface to the third edition / Brian Alderson; title: An introductory survey; title: The legacy of the Middle Ages : fables; title: The legacy of the Middle Ages : romances and manners; title: The Puritans : 'good godly books'; title: The pelar's pack : "the running stationers'; title: Fairy-tale and nursery rhyme; title: Interim : between the old and the new; title: John Newbery; title: The theorists : Thomas Day, the Edgeworths, and French influence; title: The moral tale : didactic; title: The moral tale : persuasive; chiefly in verse; title: Interim again : the dawn of levity; title: Two New Englands : 'Peter Parley' and 'Felix Summerly'; title: The sixties : 'Alice' and after; title: The eighties and today : freedom; title: Appendixes contributed by Brian Alderson. Some additional notes on Victorian and Edwardian times; title: An outline of the evolution of two publishers; title: A listing of books by F. J. Harvey Darton; title: F. J. Harvey Darton : 'The Youth of a Children's Magazine'; title: Editor's notes; title: General book list