Class, Leisure and National Identity in British Children's Literature, 1918-1950
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Children&, Theory
| Author: | Hazel Sheeky Bird | ISBN: | 9781137407436 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK | Publication: | October 7, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan | Language: | English |
| Author: | Hazel Sheeky Bird |
| ISBN: | 9781137407436 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
| Publication: | October 7, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Palgrave Macmillan |
| Language: | English |
This book places children's literature at the forefront of early twentieth-century debates about national identity and class relations that were expressed through the pursuit of leisure. Focusing on stories about hiking, camping and sailing, this book offers a fresh insight into a popular period of modern British cultural and political history.
This book places children's literature at the forefront of early twentieth-century debates about national identity and class relations that were expressed through the pursuit of leisure. Focusing on stories about hiking, camping and sailing, this book offers a fresh insight into a popular period of modern British cultural and political history.
