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Children's Literature of the English Renaissance /

Warren W. Wooden's pioneering studies of early examples of children's literature throw new light on many accepted works of the English Renaissance period. In consequence, they appear more complex, significant, and successful than hitherto realized. In these nine essays, Wooden traces the r...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Wooden, Warren W.
Otros Autores: Watson, Jeanie, 1943-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, [1986]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. From Caxton to Comenius: The Origins of Children's Literature; 2. Childermass Sermons in Late Medieval England; 3. Childhood and Death: A Reading of John Skelton's Philip Sparrow; 4. The Topos of Childhood in Marian England; 5. John Foxe's Book of Martyrs and the Child Reader; 6. Michael Drayton's Nymphidia: A Children's Classic?; 7. A Child's Garden of Sprites: English Renaissance Fairy Poetry; 8. The Water-Poet: A Pioneer of Children's Literature; 9. Nature Moralized: John Bunyan's Country Rhimes for Children; Notes.