English Children's Books 1600 to 1900

Title

en_US English Children's Books 1600 to 1900

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US This book has a dust jacket (book cover)

en_US Percy Muir

Creator

en_US Muir, Percy H. See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Various

Date

2016-01-25T20:15:27Z

en_US 1994-04

en_US 1985

Date Available

2016-01-25T20:15:27Z

Date Issued

en_US 1954

Abstract

en_US I debated whether to include this book in this fable collection. Upon reflection, it is such a good source with such good perspective and comprehensive coverage that its contributions on fable make it worthwhile. In its brief comments, it touches upon Caxton, Ogilby, La Fontaine, Locke, l'Estrange, Croxall, Richardson, Newbury, Fenn, Baldwin, and Robinson. Wow! I take the book to be a classic and am happy to have it at hand. Just after cataloguing this book, I found notes I took on it many years ago. Those notes point out that Puritans were really tough on children. Their anti-tracts show that there were books for children that they thought needed to be countered with their strict religious doctrine and discipline. Chap books were not just for children. The late eighteenth century saw a spate of prolific women writers, including Lady Eleanor Fenn. Muir can be outspokenly critical as he is of them: There is a nauseating fascination about these arch and insipid anecdotes that tempts one to quote them. But they are all very much of a piece. . . . (84).

Identifier

en_US 9780713407198

en_US 8132 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/83375

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US B.T. Batsford LTD

en_US London

Subject

en_US PN1009.A1 M8 1954 See all items with this value

en_US Secondary See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole