Religion, Children's Literature, and Modernity in Western Europe 1750-2000 Contributor(s): de Maeyer, Jan (Editor), Ewers, Hans-Heino (Editor), Ghesquiére, Rita (Editor) |
|
ISBN: 9058674975 ISBN-13: 9789058674975 Publisher: Leuven University Press OUR PRICE: $55.94 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2008 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Religion | History - Language Arts & Disciplines | Writing - General - History | Western Europe - General |
Series: Kadoc Studies on Religion, Culture and Society |
Physical Information: 1.4" H x 6.7" W x 8.9" (2.25 lbs) 536 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Western Europe - Religious Orientation - Christian |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In this book some 25 scholars focus on the relationship between religion, children's literature and modernity in Western Europe since the Enlightenment (c. 1750). They examine various aspects of the phenomenon of children's literature, such as types of texts, age of readers, position of authors, design and illustration. The role of religion in giving meaning both in a substantive sense as well as through the institutionalised churches is studied from an interdenominational point of view (Judaism, Roman Catholicism, Protestantism and Anglicanism). Finally, the contribution of pedagogy and child psychology in the interaction between modernity, religion and children's literature is also discussed.Various articles give a broad overview of the tensions between aesthetics and ethics and the demand for cultural autonomy in the development of children's literature. Children's bibles and missionary stories played an important part in the growing diversification of children's literature, as did the publication of illustrated reviews for children. Remarkable differences are highlighted in the involvement of religious societies and institutions, episcopally approved publishing houses and supervisory bodies in the publication, distribution and supervision of children's literature. This volume adopts a comparative approach in exploring the underlying religious, ideological and cultural dimensions of children's literature in modern society.) |
Contributor Bio(s): de Maeyer, Jan: - Jan De Maeyer is professor emeritus with formal duties at KU Leuven, honorary director of KADOC-KU Leuven, chairman of the Advisory Commission on Cultural Heritage of the Flemish Community (2017-2022), and president of the Belgian Historical Institute in Rome (2009-2018). |