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- catalog abstract "In this comprehensive analysis of a woman hailed by her fellow Britons as a "National Monument," Nancy Huse argues that Streatfeild's work challenges the status of "girls' books," described in most criticism as ephemeral or constituting a category separate from "great books." Huse attributes the appeal of Streatfeild's books to their contemporary themes and traditional values and finds that in exploring the tensions of heredity and environment Streatfeild anticipated many contemporary questions about the role of women, the structure of the family, and the implications of the class system. In particular, Huse notes, Streatfeild (in both her children's and adult novels) used the poverty of women and their work in the domestic sphere to link the public with the private worlds shaping children. Streatfeild's conservative upbringing, rebellious youth, and complex life-long relationship with her family provided material for her novels, according to Huse. Streatfeild developed a conscious perspective on childhood that she used to defend child/adult boundaries while sharpening story forms. At the same time, Huse contends, her multifaceted talent admitted new subjects, character types, themes, and information into the children's book because she assumed competence and intelligent curiosity as the basis of children's contributions to the family and to society. In this vibrant portrait of the life and work of such an innovative children's writer, Huse suggests some meaningful ways to evaluate the family novel, the role of a children's novelist in preserving and constructing a historical record, and the implications of formulaic patterns that derive from female experience.".
- catalog contributor b6797885.
- catalog created "c1994.".
- catalog date "1994".
- catalog date "c1994.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1994.".
- catalog description "Ch. 1. Difficult Daughter as Family Writer -- Ch. 2. Family Novelist for Adults, 1931-1938 -- Ch. 3. Family Novelist for Children, 1936-1938 -- Ch. 4. War and Its Aftermath: Adult Fiction, 1938-1948 -- Ch. 5. War and Its Aftermath: Children's Books, 1939-1951 -- Ch. 6. Fiction and Drama: A Transition, 1952-1961 -- Ch. 7. Children's Literature as Vocation, 1958-1978 -- Ch. 8. Nonfiction and Life Writing -- Ch. 9. "National Monument," Enduring Voice.".
- catalog description "In this comprehensive analysis of a woman hailed by her fellow Britons as a "National Monument," Nancy Huse argues that Streatfeild's work challenges the status of "girls' books," described in most criticism as ephemeral or constituting a category separate from "great books." Huse attributes the appeal of Streatfeild's books to their contemporary themes and traditional values and finds that in exploring the tensions of heredity and environment Streatfeild anticipated many contemporary questions about the role of women, the structure of the family, and the implications of the class system. In particular, Huse notes, Streatfeild (in both her children's and adult novels) used the poverty of women and their work in the domestic sphere to link the public with the private worlds shaping children.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Streatfeild's conservative upbringing, rebellious youth, and complex life-long relationship with her family provided material for her novels, according to Huse. Streatfeild developed a conscious perspective on childhood that she used to defend child/adult boundaries while sharpening story forms. At the same time, Huse contends, her multifaceted talent admitted new subjects, character types, themes, and information into the children's book because she assumed competence and intelligent curiosity as the basis of children's contributions to the family and to society. In this vibrant portrait of the life and work of such an innovative children's writer, Huse suggests some meaningful ways to evaluate the family novel, the role of a children's novelist in preserving and constructing a historical record, and the implications of formulaic patterns that derive from female experience.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 163 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Noel Streatfeild.".
- catalog identifier "0805745157".
- catalog isFormatOf "Noel Streatfeild.".
- catalog isPartOf "Twayne's English authors series ; TEAS 510".
- catalog issued "1994".
- catalog issued "c1994.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Twayne ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International,".
- catalog relation "Noel Streatfeild.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain".
- catalog subject "823/.912 20".
- catalog subject "Children Books and reading Great Britain History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Children's stories, English History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "PR6037.T77 Z697 1994".
- catalog subject "Streatfeild, Noel Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Ch. 1. Difficult Daughter as Family Writer -- Ch. 2. Family Novelist for Adults, 1931-1938 -- Ch. 3. Family Novelist for Children, 1936-1938 -- Ch. 4. War and Its Aftermath: Adult Fiction, 1938-1948 -- Ch. 5. War and Its Aftermath: Children's Books, 1939-1951 -- Ch. 6. Fiction and Drama: A Transition, 1952-1961 -- Ch. 7. Children's Literature as Vocation, 1958-1978 -- Ch. 8. Nonfiction and Life Writing -- Ch. 9. "National Monument," Enduring Voice.".
- catalog title "Noel Streatfeild / Nancy Huse.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".