Item #404335 Engines of instruction, mischief and mag!c [sic] : children's literature in England from its beginnings to 1839 / Mary V. Jackson. Mary V. Jackson.

Engines of instruction, mischief and mag!c [sic] : children's literature in England from its beginnings to 1839 / Mary V. Jackson

1989, 1st edition. Aldershot : Scolar. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #404335
ISBN: 0803225725

Physical description; 304 pp.: illustrations, facsimiles ; 26 cm. Contents; Preface -- 1. Birth of the children's book trade : economic and social stimuli -- 2. Puritan and other religious prototypes for juvenile literature -- 3. Secular adult forerunners of juvenile books, and early audiences -- 4. First innovators and their creations -- 5. Years of transition : 1768 to 1788 -- 6. Early reform efforts : 1778 to 1795 -- 7. English "Rousseauists" -- 8. The propaganda war in Lilliput -- 9. Oberon leads the counteroffensive -- 10. The right to laugh, the right to dream -- Notes -- Selected bibliography -- Sources of the illustrations -- Index. Subjects; Children's literature, English History and criticism. Puritans ; Juvenile literature. Religion and literature. Propaganda.

Price: €25.00

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