Pasts at play : childhood encounters with history in British culture 1750 - 1914 / edited by Rachel Bryant Davies and Barbara Gribling.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Davies, Rachel Bryant, editor.

Gribling, Barbara, editor.

Clyde de Loache Ryals Endowed Acquisition Fund.

Series:

Interventions: rethinking the nineteenth century (Series)

Interventions: Rethinking the Nineteenth Century

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Children's literature, English.

Children.

Physical Description:

xiv, 258 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2020.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I Biblical and archaeological pasts

1. Noah's Ark-aeology and nineteenth-century children / Melanie Keene

2. Bringing Egypt home: children's encounters with ancient Egypt in the long nineteenth century / Virginia Zimmerman

pt. II Classical pasts

3. Didactic heroes: masculinity, sexuality and exploration in the Argonaut story of Kingsley's The Heroes / Helen Lovatt

4. `Fun from the Classics': puzzling antiquity in The Boy's Own Paper / Rachel Bryant Davies

pt. III Medieval and early modern pasts

5. Youthful consumption and conservative visions: Robin Hood and Wat Tyler in late Victorian penny periodicals / Stephen Basdeo

6. A tale of two ladies? Stuart women as role models for Victorian and Edwardian girls and young women / Rosemary Mitchell

pt. IV Revived pasts

7. Tarry-at-home antiquarians: children's `tour books', 1740-1850 / M. O. Grenby

8. Playing with the past: child consumers, pedagogy and British history games, c. 1780-1850 / Barbara Gribling

9. Re-enacting local history in the Stepney Children's Pageant 1909 / Elite Reid.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Clyde de Loache Ryals Endowed Acquisition Fund.

ISBN:

1526128896

9781526128898

OCLC:

1137811311

Publisher Number:

99986215554