1st Edition
A Critical History of French Children's Literature Volume One: 1600–1830
By Penelope E. Brown
Copyright 2008
312 Pages
by
Routledge
312 Pages
by
Routledge
312 Pages
by
Routledge
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These books are the first full-length, comprehensive study written in English of French children’s literature. They provide both an overview of developments from the seventeenth century to the present day and detailed discussion of texts that are representative, innovative, or influential best-sellers in their own time and beyond. French children’s literature is little known in the... Read more
Contents. Acknowledgments. Series Editor’s Forward. Introduction. 1: Children as Readers in the Seventeenth Century 2: Fables and Fairy Tales 3: Instruction and Amusement: A New Literature for Children 4: Changing Narratives: The Moral and Didactic Novel 5: L'Ami des Enfans and Performative Morality 6: Children of the Revolution (and Afterwards) 7: The End of the Beginning. Conclusion. Notes. Bibliography
Biography
Penny Brown is Senior Lecturer in Comparative Literary Studies at the University of Manchester, U.K., and also author of The Poison at the Source and The Captured World.
"Writing specifically for children is a comparatively modern preoccupation, and scholarship about writing for children is an even more recent phenomenon. This is why this book on French children's literature is so important...Brown treats the French counterparts of Blyton, Dahl, Tolkien, and Rowling with intelligence and flair, pointing out radical intertextualities and new acculturations. Packed with detail and bibliographic material, this is a rich resource indeed. Highly recommended." -- K.M. Sibbald, Choice, May 2008
