Critical Approaches to Children's Literature

1 total work

Class, Leisure and National Identity in British Children's Literature, 1918-1950

by Hazel Sheeky Bird

Published 1 January 2014

This book places children's literature at the forefront of early twentieth-century debates about national identity and class relations that were expressed through the pursuit of leisure. Focusing on stories about hiking, camping and sailing, this book offers a fresh insight into a popular period of modern British cultural and political history.