Empire's children : empire and imperialism in classic British children's books /
Empire's Children looks at works at by Rudyard Kipling, Frances Hodgson Burnett, E. Nesbit, Hugh Lofting, A.A. Milne, and Arthur Ransome for the ways these writers consciously and unconsciously used the metaphors of empire in their writing for children.
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Garland Pub.,
2000.
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| Series: | Garland reference library of the humanities ;
vol. 2005. Garland reference library of the humanities. Children's literature and culture ; v. 16. |
| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=72365 |
Table of Contents:
- Chapter 1 Setting Sail
- chapter 2 Kipling's Rules of the Game
- chapter 3 The Empire at Home: Burnett and Nesbit
- chapter 4 Imperial Fantasies: Lofting and Milne
- chapter 5 Swallows and Amazons Forever?
- chapter 6 Empire Then and Now: Conclusions.