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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Catherine Butler, Hallie O'Donovan

Titel

Reading History in Children's Books

Auflage

1

Ort / Verlag

London: Palgrave Macmillan

Erscheinungsjahr

2012

Link zum Volltext

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• 01 02 Reading History in Children's Books offers a critical account of historical books about Britain written for children, including realist novels, non-fiction, fantasy and alternative histories. It is also an original investigation of the literary, ideological and philosophical challenges involved in writing about the past for child readers. Butler and O'Donovan develop a number of case studies centred on different periods, including the Roman invasion of Britain, the age of Arthur, and the Home Front in World War II, and use these as the basis of an analysis that takes in anachronism; ideology and point of view; history and myth; history's relationship with memory; and narratives about the possible pattern of history as a whole. They also offer observations on the ways in which these factors are reflected in the reading experience available to children today, both in and beyond the classroom. 13 02 CATHERINE BUTLER has written widely on children's literature. Her work includes Four British Fantasists(winner of the Mythopoeic Scholarship Award) and Teaching Children's Fiction. She has also written six novels for children. HALLIE O'DONOVAN is a critic of children's literature, and lives in Dublin, Ireland. 08 02 'Many people with an enthusiasm for history form their impressions of it by childhood reading. This book shows clearly how complex the portraits of the British past given in children's literature actually are, and how culturally and ideologically loaded. It is one of those works which both vindicate and reinforce the importance of their subject.' — Ronald Hutton, Professor of History, University of Bristol, UK 19 02 First full-length scholarly study of the 'historical turn' in recent children's literature Discusses a wide range of children's writers and texts, with a case study approach Brings in interesting theoretical questions about genre Combines critical analysis and historiography with questions of classroom practice Covers more than two millennia of British history, from 55 B.C. to 2015 02 02 This book offers a critical account of historical books about Britain written for children, including realist novels, non-fiction, fantasy and alternative histories. It also investigates the literary, ideological and philosophical challenges involved in writing about the past, especially for an audience whose knowledge of history is often limited. 04 02 Acknowledgements Introduction: That was Then? The Eagle Has Landed: Representing the Roman Invasion of Britain in Texts for Children Once, Future, Sometime, Never: Arthur in History 'She Be Faking It': Authenticity and Anachronism Dreams of Things that Never Were: Authenticity and Genre Ancestral Voices, Prophesying War Patterns of History Bibliography Index 31 02 Reading History in Children's Book sexplores the ways in which British history has been represented in books for children.