| Pasts at Play: Childhood Encounters with History in British Culture, 1750-1914 Contributor(s): Davies, Rachel Bryant (Editor), Gribling, Barbara (Editor), Barton, Anna (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1526128896 ISBN-13: 9781526128898 Publisher: Manchester University Press OUR PRICE: $123.50 Product Type: Hardcover Published: September 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Children's & Young Adult Literature - Literary Criticism | Modern - 19th Century |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.23 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This collection brings together scholars from disciplines including Children's Literature, Classics, and History to develop fresh approaches to children's culture and the uses of the past. It charts the significance of historical episodes and characters during the long nineteenth-century (1750-1914), a critical period in children's culture. Boys and girls across social classes often experienced different pasts simultaneously, for purposes of amusement and instruction. The book highlights an active and shifting market in history for children, and reveals how children were actively involved in consuming and repackaging the past: from playing with historically themed toys and games to performing in plays and pageants. Each chapter reconstructs encounters across different media, uncovering the cultural work done by particular pasts and exposing the key role of playfulness in the British historical imagination. |