{"product_id":"childrens-books-in-england-five-centuries-of-social-life-paperback-9781108033817","title":"Children's Books in England; Five Centuries of Social Life (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108033817","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eChildren's Books in England\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFive Centuries of Social Life\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished in 1932, this classic study analyses the evolution of children's literature, and remains an invaluable resource today.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eFrederick Joseph Harvey Darton (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108033817, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 3 November 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e394 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm, 0.58 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eFrom fables to fairy tales, romances to nursery rhymes, this highly influential 1932 study analyses the evolution of children's literature. Publisher and writer F. J. Harvey Darton (1878–1936) draws upon his family's involvement in children's publishing since the late eighteenth century, his knowledge of medieval literature, and his own extensive collection of children's books to present the first account of English children's literature seen as a continuous whole. Setting children's books in their historical context, the work reflects much about the history of English social life as well as providing an in-depth perspective on the genre - in the author's words 'a chronicle of the English people in their capacity of parents, guardians and educators of children'. A classic and authoritative study for anyone interested in the history of children's literature, Darton's book remains an invaluable source of information on the genre.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. An introductory survey\u003cbr\u003e 2. The legacy of the middle ages: i. Fables\u003cbr\u003e 3. The legacy of the middle ages: ii. Romance and manners\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Puritans: 'Good godly books'\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Pedlar's pack: 'The running stationers'\u003cbr\u003e 6. Fairy-tale and nursery rhyme\u003cbr\u003e 7. Interim: between the old and the new\u003cbr\u003e 8. John Newbery\u003cbr\u003e 9. The theorists: Thomas Day, the Edgeworths, and French influence\u003cbr\u003e 10. The moral tale: i. Didactic\u003cbr\u003e 11. The moral tale: ii. Persuasive, chiefly in verse\u003cbr\u003e 12. Interim again: the dawn of levity\u003cbr\u003e 13. Two New Englands: 'Peter Parley' and 'Felix Summerly'\u003cbr\u003e 14. The Sixties, Alice and after\u003cbr\u003e 15. The Eighties and to-day: freedom\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20general%20%5BDSB%5D%22\"\u003eDSB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005529968920,"sku":"9781108033817","price":32.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108033817i_2ee25829-39dd-4625-813f-7d59023e5016.jpg?v=1694873732","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/childrens-books-in-england-five-centuries-of-social-life-paperback-9781108033817","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}