Secret gardens : a study of the golden age of children's literature / Humphrey Carpenter.
By: Carpenter, Humphrey
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BookPublisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1985Description: xi, 235 p. : ill., ports ; 21 cm.ISBN: 0395573742 ; 0395352932 .Subject(s): Children's literature, English -- History and criticism | English fiction -- 19th century -- History and criticism | English fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticismDDC classification: 820.99282 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 820.99282 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00070849 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Studies children's literature authors, identifies common sources of inspiration, and explores those aspects of their culture that prompted them to artistically make childish sense of the grown-up world.
Cover title: Secret gardens : the golden age of children's literature : from Alice's adventures in wonderland to Winnie-the-Pooh.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 224-231) and index.
Prologue: The road to Arcadia -- Part One: Arrears of destruction -- Part Two: The Arcadians -- Epilogue: The garden revisited.