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Class, leisure and national identity in British children's literature, 1918-1950 /

In Britain, the years after 1918 witnessed an explosion of interest in the pursuit of leisure, which, after the austerity and restrictions of the First World War, was increasingly viewed as a right for all. With limited resources, particularly of space, the provision for, and impact of leisure becam...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sheeky Bird, Hazel, 1977- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Series:Critical approaches to children's literature.
Subjects:
Children's literature, English > History and criticism.
English literature > 20th century > History and criticism.
Children > Books and reading > Great Britain.
Literature and society > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
National characteristics, British, in literature.
Leisure in literature.
Social classes in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Children's Literature.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. A Very Fuzzy Set-Defining Camping and Tramping Fiction
  • 3. The Delights of the Open Road, Footloose and Fancy Free
  • 4. Landscape and Tourism in the Camping and Tramping Countryside
  • 5. Mapping the Geographical Imagination
  • 6. The Family Sailing Story
  • 7. England Expects: The Nelson Tradition and the Politics of Service in Naval Cadet and Family Sailing Stories
  • 8. Conclusion: A Disappearing Act
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.