American childhood
essays on children's literature of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
by Anne Scott MacLeod
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In this collection of fourteen essays, Anne Scott MacLeod locates and describes shifts in the American concept of childhood as those changes are suggested in nearly two centuries of children's stories. A social historian and literary critic of genuine insight, MacLeod has helped to pioneer an approach to American culture through the children's literature that arises from it: "When I read books written for children," MacLeod comments in her preface, "I look for author's views, certainly, but I also try to discover what the culture is saying about itself, about the present and the future, and about the nature and purposes of childhood....Children's books don't mirror their culture, but they do always, no matter how indirectly, convey some of its central truths."
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History and criticism, American literature, Books and reading, Children's literature, American, Children, History, Children's literature, American -- History and criticism, American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism, Litterature de jeunesse americaine, Litterature americaine, Histoire et critique, American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism, Livres et lecture, Enfants, Children -- United States -- Books and reading, Fiction, short stories (single author), Children's literature, history and criticismPlaces
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American Childhood: Essays on Children's Literature of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
1995, University of Georgia Press
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American childhood: essays on children's literature of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
1994, University of Georgia Press
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-233) and index.
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