empire and imperialism in classic British children's books /
M. Daphne Kutzer.
New York :
Garland Pub.,
2000.
1 online resource (xxii, 157 pages)
Children's literature and culture ;
v. 16
Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-149) and index.
Chapter 1 Setting Sail -- chapter 2 Kipling's Rules of the Game -- chapter 3 The Empire at Home: Burnett and Nesbit -- chapter 4 Imperial Fantasies: Lofting and Milne -- chapter 5 Swallows and Amazons Forever? -- chapter 6 Empire Then and Now: Conclusions.
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Empire's Children looks at works at by Rudyard Kipling, Frances Hodgson Burnett, E. Nesbit, Hugh Lofting, A.A. Milne, and Arthur Ransome for the ways these writers consciously and unconsciously used the metaphors of empire in their writing for children.
Empire's children.
0815334915
Children's stories, English-- History and criticism.