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Children's literature and culture
Uniform Title
Children's literature and culture (Adam Matthew Digital (Firm))
Title
Children's literature and culture.
Publication
Marlborough, Wiltshire, UK : Adam Matthew Digital
Physical Description
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and color)
Extent
Began in 2020.
Local Notes
Primary remote access for Yale University authorized users is through EZproxy; resource may also be accessed through Yale's Virtual Private Network (VPN).
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
American Antiquarian Society
Winterthur Museum & Library
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
" ... collection of rare books, games, ephemera, and artwork from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries that reveals the socio-cultural history of these times. Showcasing innovative new publishing methods characteristic of the golden age of children's literature, from mass-produced chapbooks to richly illustrated 'book-beautifuls', this resource examines the way in which new concepts were introduced to young readers, encouraging an engagement with the imagination which went on to fundamentally shape established notions of childhood"--Opening screen.
"Children's Literature and Culture contains more than 8,600 digitized items produced for, about and, in some cases, by children and youth in the decades between the 1810s and the 1920s.... The resource incorporates a wide geographical sweep. It includes a selection of titles from European publishers and some written in French or German but focuses primarily on American literature and culture. Central to the resource are the items published by McLoughlin Bros"--Nature and scope page.
Format
Databases / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
December 19, 2022
Partial contents
Themes: Animals and nature
Calendar events and holidays
Crime and punishment
Disability
Education and didactic texts
Family and relationships
Gender and sex
Illness and death
Leisure and play
Morality, manners, and consequences
Nationality and place
Poverty, debt, and welfare
Professions
Race, ethnicity and racism
Religion
Slavery
Temperance and addiction
Travel
War and revolution
Women in publishing.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Sources.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Databases
History
Databases.
Fiction.
Literature.
Literary criticism.
Also listed under
American Antiquarian Society, current owner.
Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, current owner.
McLoughlin Bros., publisher.
Winterthur Library, current owner.
Adam Matthew Digital (Firm), publisher.
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