1st Edition

Empire's Children Empire and Imperialism in Classic British Children's Books

By M. Daphne Kutzer Copyright 2000
    182 Pages
    by Routledge

    182 Pages
    by Routledge

    Empire's Children looks at works at by Rudyard Kipling, Frances Hodgson Burnett, E. Nesbit, Hugh Lofting, A.A. Milne, and Arthur Ransome for the ways these writers consciously and unconsciously used the metaphors of empire in their writing for children.

    Series Editor’s Foreword, Acknowledgments, Introduction: Terminology and Territory, CHAPTER 1 Setting Sail, CHAPTER 2 Kipling’s Rules of the Game, CHAPTER 3 The Empire at Home: Burnett and Nesbit, CHAPTER 4 Imperial Fantasies: Lofting and Milne, CHAPTER 5 Swallows and Amazons Forever?, CHAPTER 6 Empire Then and Now: Conclusions, Bibliography, Index

    Biography

    M. Daphne Kutzer

    "Kutzer's grasp of postcolonial theory and her careful readings of the texts make this a superb and influential study. Highly recommended; all libraries." -- Choice