Opening the nursery door : reading, writing, and childhood, 1600-1900 / edited by Mary Hilton, Morag Styles, and Victor Watson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hilton, Mary, 1946-

Styles, Morag.

Watson, Victor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children's literature, English--History and criticism.

Children's literature, English.

English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.

English literature.

English literature--18th century--History and criticism.

English literature--19th century--History and criticism.

Children--Books and reading--England--History.

Children.

Children--Books and reading.

England.

History.

Physical Description:

x, 242 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1997.

Summary:

"Opening the Nursery Door" is a fascinating collection of essays inspired by the discovery of a tiny archive: the nursery library of Jane Johnson 1707-1759, wife of a Lincolnshire vicar. It has captured the scholarly interest of social anthropologists, historians, literary scholars, educationalists and archivists as it has opened up a range of questions about the nature of childhood within English cultural life over three centuries: the texts written and read to children, the multifarious ways childhood has been considered, shaped and schooled through literacy practices, and the hitherto ignored role of women educators in early childhood across all classes.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0415148987

0415148995

OCLC:

35095821