The Nesbit tradition : the children's novel in England, 1945-1970 / Marcus Crouch.
Marcus Crouch
BookWhat children read in the Second World War had an immense effect on how they came of age as they faced the new world. This time was unique for British children - parental controls were often relaxed if not absent, and the radio and reading assumed greater significance for most children than they had in the more structured past or were to do in the more crowded future. Owen Dudley Edwards discusses reading, children's radio, comics, films and book-related play-activity in relation to value systems, the child's perspective versus the adult's perspective, the development of sophistication, retention.
Title |
British children's fiction in the Second World War [electronic resource] / Owen Dudley Edwards. |
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Publisher |
Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press |
Creation Date |
2007 |
Notes |
Description based upon print version of record. Issued also in print. Includes bibliographical references and index. English |
Content |
Contents Figures Part One – The School of War 1 – Orwell v. Richards:Children's Fiction to 1940 2 – Rations and Quislings 3 – Evacuees and Gurus 4 – Women and Fathers 5 – Officials and Genteel-men Part Two – Lessons which May have been Learned 6 – God's Things and Others' 7 – Identity, Authority and Imagination 8 – Gender 9 – Class 10 – Race Epilogue Sources, Guides and Regrets Acknowledgements Index |
Series |
Societies at war |
Extent |
1 online resource (753 p.) |
Language |
English |
National Library system number |
997010710764905171 |
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