| Description |
x, 242 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-233) and index. |
| Contents |
American girlhood in the nineteenth century : Caddie Woodlawn's sisters -- Nancy Drew and her rivals : no contest -- Girls' novels in post-World War II America -- Bad boys : Tom Bailey and Tom Sawyer -- Good democrats : Ragged Dick and Little Lord Fauntleroy -- Children's literature for a new nation, 1820-1860 -- Child and conscience -- Children, adults, and reading at the turn of the century -- Images : American children in the early nineteenth century -- The children of children's literature in the nineteenth century -- Family stories, 1920- 1940 -- Censorship and children's literature |
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-- Ice axes : Robert Cormier and the adolescent novel -- The transformation of childhood in twentieth-century children's literature. |
| Subject |
Children's literature, American -- History and criticism.
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Children's literature, American. |
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American literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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American literature. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Children -- Books and reading -- United States.
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Children -- Books and reading. |
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United States. |
| Indexed Term |
Children's literature History, 1830- |
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United States |
| Subject |
Children. |
| ISBN |
0820315516 alkaline paper |
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