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History and the Construction of the Child in Early British Children's Literature (Paperback) Loot Price: R1,827
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History and the Construction of the Child in Early British Children's Literature (Paperback): Jackie C. Horne

History and the Construction of the Child in Early British Children's Literature (Paperback)

Jackie C. Horne

Series: Studies in Childhood, 1700 to the Present

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How did the 'flat' characters of eighteenth-century children's literature become 'round' by the mid-nineteenth? While previous critics have pointed to literary Romanticism for an explanation, Jackie C. Horne argues that this shift can be better understood by looking to the discipline of history. Eighteenth-century humanism believed the purpose of history was to teach private and public virtue by creating idealized readers to emulate. Eighteenth-century children's literature, with its impossibly perfect protagonists (and its equally imperfect villains) echoes history's exemplar goals. Exemplar history, however, came under increasing pressure during the period, and the resulting changes in historiographical practice - an increased need for reader engagement and the widening of history's purview to include the morals, manners, and material lives of everyday people - find their mirror in changes in fiction for children. Horne situates hitherto neglected Robinsonades, historical novels, and fictionalized histories within the cultural, social, and political contexts of the period to trace the ways in which idealized characters gradually gave way to protagonists who fostered readers' sympathetic engagement. Horne's study will be of interest to specialists in children's literature, the history of education, and book history.

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Imprint: Routledge
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Studies in Childhood, 1700 to the Present
Release date: November 2016
First published: 2011
Authors: Jackie C. Horne
Dimensions: 234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 298
ISBN-13: 978-1-138-26831-9
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Children's literature studies
Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 16th to 18th centuries
Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 19th century
Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
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LSN: 1-138-26831-3
Barcode: 9781138268319

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