The Figure of the Child in WWI American, British, and Canadian Children’s Literature
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-04358-6 (ISBN)
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.
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
Erscheinungsdatum | 16.03.2022 |
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Reihe/Serie | Children's Literature and Culture |
Zusatzinfo | 25 Halftones, black and white; 25 Illustrations, black and white |
Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 340 g |
Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
ISBN-10 | 1-032-04358-X / 103204358X |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-032-04358-6 / 9781032043586 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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