The Widening World of Children's Literature

by Susan Ang

Book Overview

This book looks at the changing shape of children's literature in English from the eighteenth to the twentieth century. In particular it examines the dialect between 'enclosure' and 'exposure', control and freedom of both fictional child and child reader, how the balance of these forces has altered over time, and the possible reasons for these changes. It also looks at the representation of the child in the English novel from the 1830s to the 1860s...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312226683
• ISBN13: 9780312226688
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 203 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 9.0"