Children's Literature

(Part of the Edinburgh Critical Guides to Literature Series)

by M.O. Grenby

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This critical guide provides a concise yet comprehensive history of British andNorth American children's literature from its seventeenth-century origins to the present day.Each chapter focuses on one of the main genres of children's literature: fables, fantasy, adventure stories, moral tales, family stories, the school story, and poetry. M. O. Grenby shows how these forms have evolved over three hundred years as well as asking why most children's...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0748622748

ISBN13:9780748622740

Release Date:August 2008

Publisher:Edinburgh University Press

Length:256 Pages

Weight:0.79 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 5.4" x 8.5"

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

Related Subjects

Criticism & Theory History & Criticism Humanities Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature

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