From Instruction to Delight

An Anthology of Children's Literature to 1850
4th Revised Auflage
ISBN: 978-0-19-901088-2
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 432 Seiten, Format (B × H): 150 mm x 226 mm, Gewicht: 581 g

This rich survey of children's literature from the middle ages to the mid-nineteenth century features a remarkable variety of literary forms, including fairy tales, fables, letters, and poems. Drawing on an ever-growing body of scholarship, this anthology places each selection in the context of its era and helps students develop an appreciation of early children's literature.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Demers, Patricia

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literatur: Sammlungen, Anthologien
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Kinder- und Jugendliteratur, Märchen, Mythen, Sagen

Über Autor(innen)

Patricia Demers, Professor of English at the University of Alberta, has written extensively about children's literature; her recent publications include Women's Writing in English; Early Modern England and an edition of Hannah More's Clebs in Search of a Wife.