| Description |
1 online resource (229 pages) |
| Series |
Children's literature and culture |
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Children's literature and culture.
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| Contents |
Front cover; CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; SERIES EDITOR'S FOREWORD; CHAPTER 1. COUNTRY CHILDREN; CHAPTER 2. FAMOUS WRITERS AND BOOKS; CHAPTER 3. ECOLOGY; CHAPTER 4. FAIRES, TALKING ANIMALS AND PATRIOTISM; CHAPTER 5. FOLKTALES; CHAPTER 6. STORIES IN THE FOLKTALE TRADITION; CHAPTER 7. THE SAN AND THE NATIONAL CONSCIENCE; CHAPTER 8. CROSS-CULTURAL DRESSING, NUDITY AND CULTURAL IDENTITY; CHAPTER 9. CITY CHILDREN; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; Back cover |
| Summary |
This is the first full-length study of South African English youth literature to cover the entire period of its publication, from the late nineteenth century to the early twenty-first century. Jenkins' book focuses on what made the subsequent literature essentially South African and what aspects of the country and its society authors concentrated on. What gives this book particular strength is its coverage of literature up to the 1960s, which has until now received almost no scholarly attention. Not only is this earlier literature a rewarding subject for study in itself, but it also throws lig |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force. WlAbNL |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Children's literature, South African (English) -- History and criticism
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National characteristics, South African, in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- African.
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Children's literature, South African (English)
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Literature
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National characteristics, South African, in literature
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Kinderliteratur
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| SUBJECT |
South Africa -- In literature
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| Subject |
South Africa
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Südafrika <Staat>
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Englisch.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780203943922 |
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0203943929 |
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9781135869557 |
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1135869553 |
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