Catholicism and children's literature in France : the comtesse de Ségur (1799-1874) / Sophie Heywood.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heywood, Sophie.

Series:

Studies in modern French history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ségur, Sophie, comtesse de, 1799-1874.

Ségur, Sophie.

Catholic Church.

Children's literature--Religious aspects.

Children's literature.

Physical Description:

220 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Manchester, UK ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed in the U.S. exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

Summary:

This is the first book-length history of the classic French children's author, the comtesse de Ségur. Virtually unknown in the English-speaking world, in France Ségur is a national icon and a cultural phenomenon. Generations of children have grown up reading her stories. This book combines a discussion of her life, her works, and their reception with a broader analysis of the cultural context of the mid-nineteenth century. It offers a unique insight into the political engagement of Catholic women through the medium of children's literature and education, and brings out new aspects of the history of publishing aimed at children, with particular reference to the market for books for girls.

Contents:

Life stories

Nobles, saints, and delinquents: constructions of childhood in the collected works of Madame de Ségur

The tribulations of an author: writing, censorship and the reading public under the Second Empire

The comtesse and the culture wars

Model girls and divine women: reading the comtesse de Ségur.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [200]-213) and index.

ISBN:

9780719084669

0719084660

OCLC:

779893564