British children's fiction in the Second World War /

What children read in the Second World War had an immense effect on how they came of age as they faced the new world. This time was unique for British children - parental controls were often relaxed if not absent, and the radio and reading assumed greater significance for most children than they had...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Edwards, Owen Dudley
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2007.
Colección:Societies at war.
Temas:
1900-1999
Geschichte 1933-1945.
Children > Books and reading > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Social aspects > Great Britain.
Enfants > Livres et lecture > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Aspect social > Grande-Bretagne.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Books & Reading.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Children's Literature.
Children > Books and reading.
Social aspects.
Kinderliteratur
Weltkrieg > 1939-1945, Motiv
Jeugdliteratuur.
Tweede Wereldoorlog.
Great Britain.
Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland.
Englisch.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. 1. The school of war. Orwell v. Richards: children's fiction to 1940
  • Rations and quislings
  • Evacuees and gurus
  • Women and fathers
  • Officials and genteel-men
  • pt. 2. Lessons which may have been learned. God's things and others'
  • Identity, authority and imagination
  • Gender
  • Class
  • Race.

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