empire and imperialism in classic British children's books /
First Statement of Responsibility
M. Daphne Kutzer.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Garland Pub.,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2000.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (xxii, 157 pages)
SERIES
Series Title
Children's literature and culture ;
Volume Designation
v. 16
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-149) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
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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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
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.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Empire's children.
International Standard Book Number
0815334915
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Children's stories, English-- History and criticism.