1st Edition
The Figure of the Child in WWI American, British, and Canadian Children’s Literature Farmer, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Introduction: Wartime Tales of Innocence and Experience
Chapter One: Family Ties and Family Feuds: National Identities in a Time of War
Chapter Two: ‘What Have We Done?’ The Vulnerable and Victimized Child
Chapter Three: The Child at Play: Blurring the Boundaries between Children’s Pastimes and the Business of War
Chapter Four: Tinker, Tailor, Farmer, Thrift-Maker: The Child Contributor on the Home Front
Chapter Five: Young Recruiters and Youthful Recruits: Promoting Enlistment and Other Participation on the Frontlines
Chapter Six: A Babe in Arms: The Conflicted Figure of the Boy Soldier
Chapter Seven: ‘Why We Fought the Hun’: Portraying the German Enemy to Child Readers
Conclusion: The Child as the Embodiment of Hope
Biography
Elizabeth A. Galway is Associate Professor of English and Board of Governors Research Chair in Children’s Literature and Culture at the University of Lethbridge, where she serves as Co-Director of the Institute for Child and Youth Studies. She has published widely on children’s literature and is the author of From Nursery Rhymes to Nationhood: Children’s Literature and the Construction of Canadian Identity (Routledge, 2008). She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Exeter, an M.A. from Durham University, and an Honours B.A. from the University of Toronto.
