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Children's Literature and British Identity: Imagining a People and a Nation

Rebecca Knuth

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Description:For more than 250 years, English children s literature has transmitted values to the next generation. The stories convey to children what they should identify with and aspire to, even as notions of goodness change over time. Through reading, children absorb an ethos of Englishness that grounds personal identity and underpins national consciousness. Such authors as Lewis Carroll, J. R. R. Tolkien, and J. K. Rowling have entertained, motivated, confronted social wrongs, and transmitted cultural mores in their works functions previously associated with folklore. Their stories form a new folklore tradition that provides social glue and supports a love of England and English values. In Children s Literature and British Identity: Imagining a People and a Nation, Rebecca Knuth follows the development of the genre, focusing on how stories inspire children to adhere to the morals of society. This book examines how this tradition came to fruition, exploring the works of several authors, including: Robert Baden-Powell Robert Ballantyne J. M. Barrie Enid Blyton Angela Brazil Frances Hodgson Burnett Randolph Caldecott Lewis Carroll Roald Dahl Daniel Defoe Charles Dickens Maria Edgeworth Kenneth Grahame Kate Greenaway G. A. Henty Thomas Hughes Charles Kingsley Rudyard Kipling C.S. Lewis A. A. Milne Hannah More E. Nesbit John Newbery George Orwell Beatrix Potter Arthur Ransome Frank Richards J. K. Rowling Anna Sewell Robert Louis Stevenson J. R. R.Tolkien P. L. Travers Sarah Trimmer Charlotte Yonge Evaluating the connection between children s literature and the dissemination and formation of identity, this book will appeal to both general readers and academics who are interested in librarianship, English culture, and children s literature.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Children's Literature and British Identity: Imagining a People and a Nation. To get started finding Children's Literature and British Identity: Imagining a People and a Nation, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: For more than 250 years, English children s literature has transmitted values to the next generation. The stories convey to children what they should identify with and aspire to, even as notions of goodness change over time. Through reading, children absorb an ethos of Englishness that grounds personal identity and underpins national consciousness. Such authors as Lewis Carroll, J. R. R. Tolkien, and J. K. Rowling have entertained, motivated, confronted social wrongs, and transmitted cultural mores in their works functions previously associated with folklore. Their stories form a new folklore tradition that provides social glue and supports a love of England and English values. In Children s Literature and British Identity: Imagining a People and a Nation, Rebecca Knuth follows the development of the genre, focusing on how stories inspire children to adhere to the morals of society. This book examines how this tradition came to fruition, exploring the works of several authors, including: Robert Baden-Powell Robert Ballantyne J. M. Barrie Enid Blyton Angela Brazil Frances Hodgson Burnett Randolph Caldecott Lewis Carroll Roald Dahl Daniel Defoe Charles Dickens Maria Edgeworth Kenneth Grahame Kate Greenaway G. A. Henty Thomas Hughes Charles Kingsley Rudyard Kipling C.S. Lewis A. A. Milne Hannah More E. Nesbit John Newbery George Orwell Beatrix Potter Arthur Ransome Frank Richards J. K. Rowling Anna Sewell Robert Louis Stevenson J. R. R.Tolkien P. L. Travers Sarah Trimmer Charlotte Yonge Evaluating the connection between children s literature and the dissemination and formation of identity, this book will appeal to both general readers and academics who are interested in librarianship, English culture, and children s literature.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Children's Literature and British Identity: Imagining a People and a Nation. To get started finding Children's Literature and British Identity: Imagining a People and a Nation, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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