The Natural History of Make-believe
Author: John Goldthwaite
Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN: 9780195038064
Category: Fiction
Page: 397
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Language: en
Pages: 397
Pages: 397
Chronicles three centuries of children's literature ranging from Perrault's fairy tales to the works of Maurice Sendak
Language: en
Pages: 400
Pages: 400
The Man in the Moon has dropped down to earth for a visit. Over the hedge, a rabbit in trousers is having a pipe with his evening paper. Elsewhere, Alice is passing through a looking glass, Dorothy riding a tornado to Oz, and Jack climbing a beanstalk to heaven. To
Language: en
Pages: 246
Pages: 246
"In The History of Make-Believe, Holly Haynes acutely queries the relationship of historiography, historical reality, and symbolic representations of lived historical processes. This is a serious book, informed by wide reading, and full of startlingly original insights on some of the most prominent and significant themes in Tacitus’s works. Indeed,
Language: en
Pages: 244
Pages: 244
"This is a history of children's literature, an analysis of the modern conception of childhood, a study of the stylistics of children's literature, and a rhetorical examination of children's novels. All these are connected by a thesis exploring the nature of children's play and what it reveals about children's biological
Language: en
Pages: 312
Pages: 312
