Chivalric Stories as Children's Literature: Edwardian Retellings in Words and Pictures

by Velma Bourgeois Richmond

Knights and ladies, giants and dragons, tournaments, battles, quests and crusades are commonplace in stories for children. This book examines how late Victorians and Edwardians retold medieval narratives of chivalry--epics, romances, sagas, legends and ballads. Stories of Beowulf, Arthur, Gawain, St. George, Roland, Robin Hood and many more thrilled and instructed children, and encouraged adult reading. Lavish volumes and schoolbooks of the era...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786496223
• ISBN13: 9780786496228
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.4" x 10.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher