Childhood's pattern : a study of the heroes and heroines of children's fiction, 1770-1950 / Gillian Avery
1975, 1st edition. London : Hodder and Stoughton. Very good cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Item #430189
ISBN: 0340169451
Physical description: 256 pages : illustrations, facsimiles ; 24 cm. Contents: The parting of the ways -- The rational child -- The Sunday scholar, 1780-1830 -- The cottage child and his Sunday School prize, 1800-80 -- The evangelical child, 1818-80 -- The happy family, 1830-80 -- The innocents, 1880-1930 -- The manly boy, 1800-1914 -- 'Modern girls' and schoolgirls, 1800-1940 -- The child's heroes. Subjects: Avery, Gillian. Children's stories History and criticism. Children Books and reading Great Britain History. Children's literature History and criticism. Heroes in Children's literature 1770-1950.
Price: €12.95