Left out [electronic resource] : the forgotten tradition of radical publishing for children in Britain 1910-1949 / Kimberley Reynolds.

First edition.

9780191820540 (electronic book)

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016.

English

1 online resource (xiii, 255 pages) : illustrations.

10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198755593 doi

PR990 .R494 2016eb

820.9928209041

This volume presents an alternative and corrective history of writing for children in the first half of the 20th century. Between 1910 and 1949 a number of British publishers, writers and illustrators included children's literature in their efforts to make Britain a progressive, egalitarian and modern society. Some came from privileged backgrounds, others from the poorest parts of the poorest cities in the land; some belonged to the metropolitan intelligentsia or bohemia, others were working-class autodidacts, but all sought to use writing for children and young people to create activists, visionaries and leaders among the rising generation.

This volume presents an alternative and corrective history of writing for children in the first half of the 20th century. Between 1910 and 1949 a number of British publishers, writers and illustrators included children's literature in their efforts to make Britain a progressive, egalitarian and modern society. Some came from privileged backgrounds, others from the poorest parts of the poorest cities in the land; some belonged to the metropolitan intelligentsia or bohemia, others were working-class autodidacts, but all sought to use writing for children and young people to create activists, visionaries and leaders among the rising generation.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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