Childrens Literature in the Long 19th Century - 9780367356736

Taylor & Francis

Childrens Literature in the Long 19th CenturyAuthor(s): Catherine Butler, Ann Alston\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367356736, 978-0367356736\nSynopsis\nIn this collection the multidimensional story of childrens literature in the formative period of the long nineteenth century is illuminated, questioned, and, in some respects, rewritten.\n\nChildrens literature might be characterised as the love-child of the Enlightenment and the Romantic movements, and much of its history over the long nineteenth century shows it being defined, shaped, and co-opted by a variety of agents, each of whom has their own ambitions for it and for its child readership. Is childrens literature primarily a way of educating children in the principles of reason and morality? A celebration of the Rousseauesque child? A source of pleasure and entertainment? Women, both as writers and as nurturers involved at an intimate and daily level with.