Children's Books in England: Five Centuries of Social LifeWith literature as his central theme, the author of this history of children's books in England also wove in biography and facts of social and commercial history. This edition has additional biographical notes, a supplementary chapter on the late Victorian and Edwardian eras and 60 illustrations. |
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Page 192
... reason . But they are also to some extent a revolt against the traffic in didactics . It was in 1802 that Lamb cursed Barbauld ' science ' in the letter to Coleridge already quoted ( p . 129 ) . The Tales from Shakespear , under- taken ...
... reason . But they are also to some extent a revolt against the traffic in didactics . It was in 1802 that Lamb cursed Barbauld ' science ' in the letter to Coleridge already quoted ( p . 129 ) . The Tales from Shakespear , under- taken ...
Page 209
... reason why , between 1823 and 1885 , this particular favourite should have been dethroned . There was , however , a more general reason , and that was that profusion of output , hand in hand with greater mechanical ease of production ...
... reason why , between 1823 and 1885 , this particular favourite should have been dethroned . There was , however , a more general reason , and that was that profusion of output , hand in hand with greater mechanical ease of production ...
Page 297
... reason given but their exceptional physique or intellect or vileness . They must in short be probable impossibilities – a necessity of romance as well as of Aristotelean tragedy . - That was an entirely new note in fiction for the young ...
... reason given but their exceptional physique or intellect or vileness . They must in short be probable impossibilities – a necessity of romance as well as of Aristotelean tragedy . - That was an entirely new note in fiction for the young ...
Contents
An Introductory Survey I | 1 |
i Fables | 9 |
ii Romance and Manners | 32 |
Copyright | |
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Adventures advertised Aesop Alice amusement appeared artist Beatrix Potter bibliography BOOK LIST bookseller Boy's Own Paper boys catalogue century chapbook chapter child children's books children's literature collection coloured copy Crusoe E. V. Lucas early Edgeworth edition editor Elizabeth Newbery England English engravings Fables fact Fairy fairy-tales famous fiction firm George Gesta Romanorum girls Godwin Harris Harvey illustrations invented John Newbery juvenile kind known Lamb later Lewis Carroll Library literary lived London magazine Maria Edgeworth Mary meant mind Moral Tale Mother natural never Newbery's Nursery Rhymes original Parley perhaps period persons Peter poems poetry popular printed probably produced published Puritan readers reprint Robin Robinson romance Sherwood Society Songs St Paul's story Talbot Baines Reed Taylor things Thomas trade translated Trimmer verse Victorian vols volume William Darton words writers wrote young
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International Companion Encyclopedia of Children's Literature Peter Hunt,Sheila G. Bannister Ray No preview available - 1996 |
Een geschiedenis van het jeugdtheater: de ontwikkeling van het kindbeeld in ... Ton Panken No preview available - 1998 |