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Selected Tales for Children and Young People Susan Manly

Selected Tales for Children and Young People By Susan Manly

Selected Tales for Children and Young People by Susan Manly

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Maria Edgeworth was a pioneer of realist children's literature. This critical edition reveals the range of her writing for children, ranging from stories for very young children to tales for young adults, and includes The Purple Jar, The Good Aunt and The Grateful Negro.

Selected Tales for Children and Young People Summary

Selected Tales for Children and Young People by Susan Manly

Maria Edgeworth was a pioneer of realist children's literature. This critical edition reveals the range of her writing for children, ranging from stories for very young children to tales for young adults, and includes The Purple Jar, The Good Aunt and The Grateful Negro. Annotated with a comprehensive introduction based on original research.

Selected Tales for Children and Young People Reviews

'Finally, a series that makes available some notable children's classics of former ages...' - David Rudd, University of Bolton, UK 'An exciting new series ... No survey of children's literature would be complete without these lost classics.' - Kenneth Kidd, University of Florida, USA 'An indispensible resource for educators, scholars and students ... the series invites readers to engage anew with the history of children's books.' - Clare Bradford, Deakin University, Australia

About Susan Manly

Susan Manly is Reader in English at the University of St Andrews, UK. Manly's areas of specialization include literature of the 1790s, and the works of Maria Edgeworth with a particular interest in Edgeworth's religious politics and writing for and about children. She is the author of Language, Custom and Nation in the 1790s: Locke, Tooke, Wordsworth, Edgeworth (Ashgate, 2007).

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Note on the Text 3. Further Reading 4. The Little Dog Trusty 5. The Purple Jar 6. Rosamund's Day of Misfortunes 7. The Bracelets 8. Lazy Lawrence 9. Waste Not, Want Not 10. The Good Aunt 11. The Grateful Negro 12. Notes.

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NLS9780230361423
9780230361423
0230361420
Selected Tales for Children and Young People by Susan Manly
Susan Manly
Classics of Children's Literature
New
Paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
2013-08-21
248
N/A
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