Opening the Nursery Door
Reading, Writing and Childhood 1600-1900
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Word Count
64,000 words, Guess
Page Count
256 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL7484257M
- ISBN-139780415148986
- ISBN-100415148987
- OCLC Control Number822565404
- OCLC Control Number252370390
and 2 more
- Library of Congress Control Number96027224
- Goodreads3751442
Classifications
- LCCPR990 .O64 1997
Description
Opening the Nursery Door is a fascinating collection of essays inspired by the chance discovery of the nursery library of Jane Johnson (1706-59), wife of a Buckinghamshire vicar. The discovery of this tiny archive - which contained her poems and stories for children - captured the scholarly interest of social anthropologists, historians, literary scholars, educationalists and archivists and opened up a range of questions about the nature of childhood within English cultural life over three centuries. The contributors to this book focus on the cultural and social history of children's literature and literacy development from several different perspectives. It reconsiders the central importance of literacy practices in childhood in its examination of the process by which children came to read and write. At the centre is the work of Jane Johnson and the many ways in which her archive has prompted us to raise important questions about women, children and literacy.
First Sentence
This book opens with scholarly appreciation and exposition of the recently discovered work of a remarkable woman.
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- Opening the Nursery Door: Reading, Writing and Childhood 1600-1900
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