Reading History in Children's Books

Catherine Butler, Hallie O'Donovan (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

207 Seiten

2012 | 1st ed. 2012
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-349-32587-0 (ISBN)

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This book offers a critical account of historical books about Britain written for children, including realist novels, non-fiction, fantasy and alternative histories. It also investigates the literary, ideological and philosophical challenges involved in writing about the past, especially for an audience whose knowledge of history is often limited.

Author Catherine Butler: Catherine Butler is Associate Professor of English Literature at the University of the West of England, UK.

Acknowledgements Introduction: That was Then? The Eagle Has Landed: Representing the Roman Invasion of Britain in Texts for Children Once, Future, Sometime, Never: Arthur in History 'She Be Faking It': Authenticity and Anachronism Dreams of Things that Never Were: Authenticity and Genre Ancestral Voices, Prophesying War Patterns of History Bibliography Index

Erscheinungsdatum	26.05.2016
Zusatzinfo	IX, 207 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften
Schlagworte	authenticity • Bibliography • Britain • Fiction • Future • Genre • Great Britain • History • History of Literature • Knowledge • Non-fiction • Novel • Philosophy • Writing
ISBN-10	1-349-32587-2 / 1349325872
ISBN-13	978-1-349-32587-0 / 9781349325870
Zustand	Neuware