From Instruction to Delight
An Anthology of Children's Literature to 1850
2nd Edition
Published on 26. January 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
384 pages
978-0-19-541889-7 (ISBN)
Description
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. The academic study of children's literature has made important gains in the two decades since the first edition of "From Instruction to Delight" appeared. This expanded second edition reflects that growth in theoretical sophistication. In addition, it offers a number of new selections, including examples of writing by children themselves (juvenilia) and 'mothers' advice', and an extensive bibliography.
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Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Canada
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
110 line drawings
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
628 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-541889-7 (9780195418897)
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Patricia DeMers | Gordon Moyles
From Instruction to Delight
Anthology of Children's Literature to 1850
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07/1982
Oxford University Press, Canada
€7.38
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Content
NEW READINGS ARE INDICTED WITH *; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Early Lessons at Home and School; From The Colloquy (c. 1000); * From On the Properties of Things (c.1200); The ABC of Aristotle (c. 1430); * From The Schoole of Vertue and Booke of Good Nurture (1557); * From The Boke of Nurture, or Schoole of Good Manners (1577); * From A Jewell House of Art and Nature (1594); The Hornbook; The Battledore; DOMESTIC WRITING: JUVENILIA; * 'A new yeres gift' (1581); * 'George Bercklay to his grandfather' (1610) and 'George to Mrs Cave his mothers wayting woman' (c. 1613); * Letter to her Father: Mary Downing to Emmanuel Downing (1635); MOTHERS' ADVICE AND GRIEF; * From Miscelanea, Meditations, Memoratives (1604); * From The Mothers Blessing (1616); * From The Mothers Legacie to her Unborne Childe (1624); * From A Ladies Legacie to her Daughters (1645); * 'On the death of my first and dearest childe' (1655); * 'On the Death of my dear Daughter' (1703); WRITING OF CLERGYMEN AND SCHOOLMASTERS; * From This Historie of Four-Footed Beastes (1607); From Orbis Sensualium Pictus (1659); 2. Puritan 'Hell-Fire': Warnings and Warmth; From Milk for Babes (1646); * 'Upon my Son Samuel' (1657) and 'In reference to her Children' (1659); From A Token for Children (1672); * From War with the Devil (1673); The New England Primer (1683-1830); From A Book for Boys and Girls (1686); 3. Lyrical Instruction: Isaac Watts and his Contemporaries; From Divine Songs (1715) and Moral Songs (1740); * From Fables (1727); * From Poems on Several Occasions (1734); 4. Chapbooks and Penny Histories; An Elegy on the Death and Burial of Cock Robin (1744); The Interesting Story of the Children in the Wood; From The Pleasant History of Thomas Hickathrift; From The Life and Death of Tom Thumb; The Trial of an Ox, for Killing a Man; From The Riddle Book; 5. Boreman, Cooper, and Newbery: 'Instruction with Delight'; * From The Gigantick History (1741); From A Little Pretty Pocket-Book (1744); From Nurse Truelove's New Year's Gift (1755); From The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes (1765); 6. Rational Moralists; From The Governess (1749); * From The Adventures of a Pincushion (c. 1780); * From Poems on Various Subjects (1783); * From Her Journal Book (1783); From The History of Sandford and Merton (1783); From Cobwebs to Catch Flies (c. 1783); From Original Stories (1788); * From Mental Improvement (1794); * From The Village School (c. 1795); 'The Purple Jar' from Early Lessons (1801); From The Young Emigrants (1826); From The Affectionate Parent's Gift (1828); From Mary's Grammar (1835); From Rollo at School (1839); 'Janetta and her Jujubes' from Farewell Tales (1840); From Make the Best of It (1843); 7. Sunday School Moralists; * From Early Piety (1777); From Hymns in Prose for Children (1781) and Lessons for Children: Part IV (1788); From Fabulous Histories (1786) and The Charity School Spelling Book (c. 1798); * From Divine Hymns (1790) and Instructions for Children (1794); * Black Giles, the Poacher: Part II (1796); From The History of the Fairchild Family (1818); * From The Peep of Day (1833); From Flowers That Never Fade (1838); * From Dutch Tiles (1842); 8. Harbingers of the Golden Age; From Hymns for the Amusement of Children (1772) and 'My Cat Jeoffrey' from Jubilate Agno (1758/9-1763); From Songs of Innocence and of Experience (1794); From The Infant's Library (c. 1800); From Original Poems for Infant Minds (1804-5) and Rhymes for the Nursery (1806); From The Daisy (1807); The Butterfly's Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast (1807); The Peacock 'At Home' (1807); * From Poems (1808); From Poetry for Children (1809); From Peter Piper's Practical Principles of Plain and Perfect Pronunciation (1813); 'A Visit from Saint Nicholas' (1823); From Poems for Our Children (1830); The Story of the Three Bears (1831); From Sketches of Natural History (1834); From Holiday House: A Series of Tales (1839); From New Nursery Songs for All Good Children (1843); From The Book of Nonesense (1846); From The English Struwwelpeter (1848); * The Sad Tale of Mrs Mole and Mrs Mouse (c. 1849); Bibliography; Index