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The Faerie Queene as children's literature : Victorian and Edwardian retellings in words and pictures
- Title
- The Faerie Queene as children's literature : Victorian and Edwardian retellings in words and pictures / Velma Bourgeois Richmond.
- Author
- Richmond, Velma Bourgeois
- Publication
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016]
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 16-9883 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- vii, 275 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- "Edmund Spenser's vast epic poem The Faerie Queene is the most challenging masterpiece in early modern literature and is praised as the work most representative of the Elizabethan age. The poem was later made over as children's literature, retold in lavish volumes and schoolbooks and appreciated in pedagogical studies and literary histories"--
- Subject
- Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599
- Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599 > Adaptations > History and criticism
- Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599 > Appreciation > English-speaking countries
- Children's literature, English > History and criticism
- Children > Books and reading > History > English-speaking countries > 19th century
- Children > Books and reading > History > English-speaking countries > 20th century
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 264-266) and index.
- Contents
- Preface -- Contexts and criticism -- Victorian beginnings -- Edwardian extravagance -- American difference -- Schoolbooks -- Literary histories -- Epilogue.
- Call Number
- JFE 16-9883
- ISBN
- 9781476666174 (softcover : alk. paper)
- 1476666172 (softcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2016023718
- OCLC
- 948547782
- Author
- Richmond, Velma Bourgeois, author.
- Title
- The Faerie Queene as children's literature : Victorian and Edwardian retellings in words and pictures / Velma Bourgeois Richmond.
- Publisher
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 264-266) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 16-9883