Class, Leisure And National Identity In British Children's Literature, 1918-1950 (Critical Approaches To Children's Literature)

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.

• • Author: Hazel Sheeky Bird
• • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• • Publication Date: Oct 24, 2014
• • Number of Pages: 218 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Hardcover
• • ISBN-10: 1137407425
• • ISBN-13: 9781137407429