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• catalog abstract "From the Publisher: When John Newbery published A Little Pretty Pocket-Book in London in 1744 he was onto something new: the writing and marketing of books devoted wholly to children. Although it was the Age of Reason and Newbery and his contemporaries believed that even the poorest young-ster could "look to his book" to achieve worldly success, there was an element of fun in the juvenile productions that soon flowed from the presses. The adventures of Dick Whittington, Giles Gingerbread, and Little Goody Two-Shoes delighted as they instructed. To read Engines of Instruction, Mischief, and Magic: Children's Literature in England from Its Beginnings to 1839 is to trace the origins of a cherished part of our cultural history. Mary V. Jackson's entertaining, lavishly illustrated book sets a new standard for the study of children's literature in England. Going beyond previous scholarship, she shows how social, political, religious, and aesthetic considerations shaped the form and content of children's books. These books have always been sensitive barometers of shifts in taste and belief, a means of inculcating in the young the prevailing values of the adult world. They brought about a revolution in publishing, as revealed in Jackson's discussion of marketing strategies and innovations. And they were indebted to adult literature and art: classics like Robinson Crusoe and Gulliver's Travels were eventually categorized as children's books, and Romantic poets and illustrators like William Blake pointed the way from Puritan piety to fantasy and freedom. This fascinating history is rich in implications for children's literature of today.".
• catalog contributor b2476747.
• catalog created "c1989.".
• catalog date "1989".
• catalog date "c1989.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1989.".
• catalog description "Bibliography: p. [267]-282.".
• catalog description "From the Publisher: When John Newbery published A Little Pretty Pocket-Book in London in 1744 he was onto something new: the writing and marketing of books devoted wholly to children. Although it was the Age of Reason and Newbery and his contemporaries believed that even the poorest young-ster could "look to his book" to achieve worldly success, there was an element of fun in the juvenile productions that soon flowed from the presses. The adventures of Dick Whittington, Giles Gingerbread, and Little Goody Two-Shoes delighted as they instructed. To read Engines of Instruction, Mischief, and Magic: Children's Literature in England from Its Beginnings to 1839 is to trace the origins of a cherished part of our cultural history. Mary V. Jackson's entertaining, lavishly illustrated book sets a new standard for the study of children's literature in England. Going beyond previous scholarship, she shows how social, political, religious, and aesthetic considerations shaped the form and content of children's books. These books have always been sensitive barometers of shifts in taste and belief, a means of inculcating in the young the prevailing values of the adult world. They brought about a revolution in publishing, as revealed in Jackson's discussion of marketing strategies and innovations. And they were indebted to adult literature and art: classics like Robinson Crusoe and Gulliver's Travels were eventually categorized as children's books, and Romantic poets and illustrators like William Blake pointed the way from Puritan piety to fantasy and freedom. This fascinating history is rich in implications for children's literature of today.".
• catalog description "Preface -- 1: Birth of the children's book trade: economic and social stimuli -- 2: Puritan and other religious prototypes for juvenile literature -- 3: Secular adult forerunners of juvenile books, and early audiences -- 4: First innovators and their creations -- 5: Years of transition: 1768 to 1788 -- 6: Early reform efforts: 1778 to 1795 -- 7: English "Rousseauists" -- 8: Propaganda war in Lilliput -- 9: Oberon leads the counteroffensive -- 10: Right to laugh, the right to dream -- Notes -- Selected bibliography -- Sources of the illustrations -- Index.".
• catalog extent "xiv, 304 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "Engines of instruction, mischief, and magic.".
• catalog identifier "0803225725 (alk. paper)".
• catalog identifier "0803275706 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
• catalog isFormatOf "Engines of instruction, mischief, and magic.".
• catalog issued "1989".
• catalog issued "c1989.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press,".
• catalog relation "Engines of instruction, mischief, and magic.".
• catalog spatial "England".
• catalog subject "820/.9/9282 19".
• catalog subject "Children Books and reading England History.".
• catalog subject "Children England Books and reading History.".
• catalog subject "Children's literature, English History and criticism.".
• catalog subject "PR990 .J33 1989".
• catalog tableOfContents "Preface -- 1: Birth of the children's book trade: economic and social stimuli -- 2: Puritan and other religious prototypes for juvenile literature -- 3: Secular adult forerunners of juvenile books, and early audiences -- 4: First innovators and their creations -- 5: Years of transition: 1768 to 1788 -- 6: Early reform efforts: 1778 to 1795 -- 7: English "Rousseauists" -- 8: Propaganda war in Lilliput -- 9: Oberon leads the counteroffensive -- 10: Right to laugh, the right to dream -- Notes -- Selected bibliography -- Sources of the illustrations -- Index.".
• catalog title "Engines of instruction, mischief, and magic : children's literature in England from its beginnings to 1839 / Mary V. Jackson.".
• catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
• catalog type "History. fast".
• catalog type "text".