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Originally published in 1981. Many of the classics of children's
literature were produced in the Victorian period. But Alice in
Wonderland and The King of the Golden River were not the books
offered to the majority of children of the time. When writing for
children began to be taken seriously, it was not as an art, but as
an instrument of moral suasion, practical instruction, Christian
propaganda or social control. This book describes and evaluates
this body of literature. It places the books in the economic and
social contexts of their writing and publication, and considers
many of the most prolific writers in detail. It deals with the
stories intended to teach the newly-literate poor their social and
religious lessons: sensational romances, tales of adventure and
military glory, through which the boys were taught the value of
self-help and inspired with the ideals of empire; and domestic
novels, intended to offer girls a model for the expression of
heroism and aspiration within the restricted Victorian woman's
world.
Originally published in 1981. Many of the classics of children's
literature were produced in the Victorian period. But Alice in
Wonderland and The King of the Golden River were not the books
offered to the majority of children of the time. When writing for
children began to be taken seriously, it was not as an art, but as
an instrument of moral suasion, practical instruction, Christian
propaganda or social control. This book describes and evaluates
this body of literature. It places the books in the economic and
social contexts of their writing and publication, and considers
many of the most prolific writers in detail. It deals with the
stories intended to teach the newly-literate poor their social and
religious lessons: sensational romances, tales of adventure and
military glory, through which the boys were taught the value of
self-help and inspired with the ideals of empire; and domestic
novels, intended to offer girls a model for the expression of
heroism and aspiration within the restricted Victorian woman's
world.
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