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Popular children's literature in Britain, edited by Julia Briggs, Dennis Butts and M.O. Grenby

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Popular children's literature in Britain, edited by Julia Briggs, Dennis Butts and M.O. Grenby
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Popular children's literature in Britain
Nature of contents
bibliography
Responsibility statement
edited by Julia Briggs, Dennis Butts and M.O. Grenby
Table Of Contents
Before children's literature: Children, chapbooks and popular culture in early modern Britain / M.O. Grenby -- Robin Hood in boys' weeklies to 1914 / Kevin Carpenter -- From Madame d'Aulnoy to Mother Bunch: Popularity and the fairy tale / David Blamires -- From chapbooks to pantomime / George Speaight with Brian Alderson -- Finding and sustaining popular appeal: The case of Barbara Hofland / Dennis Butts -- Telling the other side: Hesba Stretton's 'Outcast' stories / Elaine Lomax -- Exploiting a formula: The adventure stories of G.A. Henty (1832-1902) / Dennis Butts -- Angela Brazil and the making of the girls' school story / Judy Simons -- Rewarding reads? Giving, receiving and resisting Evangelical reward and prize books / Kimberley Reynolds -- Tracts, classics and brands: Science for children in the ninetheenth centrury /Aileen Fyfe -- Popular education and big money: Mee, Hammerton and Northcliffe / Gillian Avery -- From Froebel teacher to English Disney: The phenomenal success of Enid Blyton / David Rudd -- 'And children swarmed to him like settlers. He became a land.' The outrageous success of Roald Dahl / Peter Hollindale -- 'Most popular ever': The launching of Harry Potter / Julia Eccleshare -- The brand, the intertext and the reader: Reading desires in the 'Harry Potter' series / Stacy Gillis
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