Swallows, Amazons and coots : a reading of Arthur Ransome /

In 1929, Arthur Ransome (1884-1967), a journalist and war correspondent who was on the books of MI6, turned his hand to writing adventure stories for children. The result was Swallows and Amazons and eleven more wonderful books followed, spanning in publication the turbulent years from 1930 to 1947.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lovelock, Julian (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom : The Lutterworth Press, 2016.
Series:N/a.
Subjects:
Ransome, Arthur, > 1884-1967 > Criticism and interpretation.
Ransome, Arthur, > 1884-1967. > Swallows and Amazons.
Ransome, Arthur, > 1884-1967
Swallows and Amazons (Ransome, Arthur)
Children's stories, English > History and criticism.
Histoires pour enfants anglaises > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Children's stories, English
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Swallows and Amazons: Explorers, Pirates and Savages
  • 2. Swallowdale: ̀Things Will Go Onward the Same'
  • 3. Peter Duck: Ransome and the Art of Metafiction
  • 4. Winter Holiday: Enter the Callums
  • 5. Coot Club: Ìn the Cider Press'
  • 6. Pigeon Post: The Unlikely Mystery of Squashy Hat
  • 7. We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea: Confronting Reality
  • 8. Secret Water: Growing Up and Apart
  • 9. Big Six: In the Shadow of War
  • 10. Missee Lee: Nancy and the Twenty-Two Gong Taicoon
  • 11. Picts and the Martyrs: Ìmitation and Rehash'?
  • 12. Great Northern?: Not Quite a Grand Finale.

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