| Christian's Children: The Influence of John Bunyan's the Pilgrim's Progress on American Children's Literature Contributor(s): MacDonald, Ruth K. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820410039 ISBN-13: 9780820410036 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $44.60 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 1989 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | American - General |
| Dewey: 828.407 |
| LCCN: 88013537 |
| Series: American University Studies |
| Physical Information: 208 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This in-depth study of John Bunyan's "The Pilgrim's Progress" focuses especially on the American reception of the book and on American retellings of it for children from its original publication through the twentieth century. Of special interest are the chapters dealing with Bunyan's book as it appears in nine individual American works for children, spanning the 19th and 20th centuries, including "Little Women, Huckleberry Finn, The Wizard" "of Oz, " and "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm." The book also includes extensive bibliographic chapters on American editions of Bunyan's book and on children's editions, including picturebooks, textbooks, and toybooks. |
