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Children's Literature As We Know It Did Not Exist Before The Mid-eighteenth Century; Yet From Medieval Times On, A Wealth Of Poetry And Prose Was Read By And To Children. In This Anthology Patricia Demers Illustrates The Development Of That Literature, From Its Earnest Beginnings To The Dawn Of Its Golden Age, Introducing The Selections And Placing Them In Historical Context. From Early Colloquies And Hornbooks To Charming Miniature Libraries, The Selections - Many Of Which Are Accompanied By Their Original Illustrations - Provide A Window Through Which To Trace The Developing Concept Of Childhood In Itself And The Cultural Value Of The Child.--jacket. 1. Early Lessons At Home And School -- From The Colloquy (c. 1000) / Aelfric -- From On The Properties Of Things (c. 1200) / Bartholomew The Englishman -- Abc Of Aristotle (c. 1430) / Anonymous -- From The Schoole Of Vertue And Booke Of Good Nurture (1557) / Francis Seager -- From The Boke Of Nurture, Or Schoole Of Good Manners (1577) / Hugh Rhodes -- From A Jewell House Of Art And Nature (1594) / Hugh Plat -- Hornbook -- Battledore -- Domestic Writing: Juvenilia -- 'a New Yeres Gift' (1581) / William Paget -- 'george Bercklay To His

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Publisher

Oxford University Press, USA

Published

2020

Language

EN

ISBN

9780195418897

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Humanities