Empire's Children: Empire and Imperialism in Classic British Children's Books

by M. Daphne Kutzer

Overview

Empire's Children looks at works at by Rudyard Kipling, Frances Hodgson Burnett, E. Nesbit, Hugh Lofting, A.A. Milne, and Arthur Ransome for the ways these writers consciously and unconsciously used the metaphors of empire in their writing for children.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415515665
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/12/2011
Series:	Children's Literature and Culture
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	182
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Series Editor’s Foreword, Acknowledgments, Introduction: Terminology and Territory, CHAPTER 1 Setting Sail, CHAPTER 2 Kipling’s Rules of the Game, CHAPTER 3 The Empire at Home: Burnett and Nesbit, CHAPTER 4 Imperial Fantasies: Lofting and Milne, CHAPTER 5 Swallows and Amazons Forever?, CHAPTER 6 Empire Then and Now: Conclusions, Bibliography, Index

Editorial Reviews

"Kutzer's grasp of postcolonial theory and her careful readings of the texts make this a superb and influential study. Highly recommended; all libraries." — Choice

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