{"product_id":"9780810885172","title":"Children's Literature and British Identity: Imagining a People and a Nation","description":"For more than 250 years, English children’s literature has transmitted values to the next generation. The stories convey to children what they should identify with and aspire to, even as notions of “goodness” change over time. Through reading, children absorb an ethos of Englishness that grounds personal identity and underpins national consciousness. Such authors as Lewis Carroll, J. R. R. Tolkien, and J. K. Rowling have entertained, motivated, confronted social wrongs, and transmitted cultural mores in their works—functions previously associated with folklore. Their stories form a new folklore tradition that provides social glue and supports a love of England and English values.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Children’s Literature and British Identity: Imagining a People and a Nation, Rebecca Knuth follows the development of the genre, focusing on how stories inspire children to adhere to the morals of society. This book examines how this tradition came to fruition, exploring the works of several authors, including:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobert Baden-Powell\u003cbr\u003eRobert Ballantyne\u003cbr\u003eJ. M. Barrie\u003cbr\u003eEnid Blyton\u003cbr\u003eAngela Brazil\u003cbr\u003eFrances Hodgson Burnett\u003cbr\u003eRandolph Caldecott\u003cbr\u003eLewis Carroll\u003cbr\u003eRoald Dahl\u003cbr\u003eDaniel Defoe\u003cbr\u003eCharles Dickens\u003cbr\u003eMaria Edgeworth\u003cbr\u003eKenneth Grahame\u003cbr\u003eKate Greenaway\u003cbr\u003eG. A. Henty\u003cbr\u003eThomas Hughes\u003cbr\u003eCharles Kingsley\u003cbr\u003eRudyard Kipling\u003cbr\u003eC.S. Lewis\u003cbr\u003eA. A. Milne\u003cbr\u003eHannah More\u003cbr\u003eE. Nesbit\u003cbr\u003eJohn Newbery\u003cbr\u003eGeorge Orwell\u003cbr\u003eBeatrix Potter\u003cbr\u003eArthur Ransome\u003cbr\u003eFrank Richards\u003cbr\u003eJ. K. Rowling\u003cbr\u003eAnna Sewell\u003cbr\u003eRobert Louis Stevenson\u003cbr\u003eJ. R. R. Tolkien\u003cbr\u003eP. L. Travers\u003cbr\u003eSarah Trimmer\u003cbr\u003eCharlotte Yonge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEvaluating the connection between children’s literature and the dissemination and formation of identity, this book will appeal to both general readers and academics who are interested in librarianship, English culture, and children’s literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield Publishers, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47123897450736,"sku":"9780810885172","price":85.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780810885172","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}