From Nursery Rhymes to Nationhood
Children's Literature and the Construction of Canadian Identity
Series: Children's Literature and Culture; 52;
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Product details:
- Edition number 1
- Publisher Routledge
- Date of Publication 31 March 2008
- ISBN 9780415958486
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages214 pages
- Size 229x152 mm
- Weight 408 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 1 Halftones, black & white 0
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Short description:
From Nursery Rhymes to Nationhood offers an examination of various works of children’s literature from an important period in Canadian history, and explores the significant connections between the formation of national identities and literary works for young readers.
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As Canada came to terms with its role as an independent nation following Confederation in 1867, there was a call for a literary voice to express the needs and desires of a new country. Children’s literature was one of the means through which this new voice found expression. Seen as a tool for both entertaining and educating children, this material is often overtly propagandistic and nationalistic, and addresses some of the key political, economic, and social concerns of Canada as it struggled to maintain national unity during this time. From Nursery Rhymes to Nationhood studies a large variety of children’s literature written in English between 1867 and 1911, revealing a distinct interest in questions of national unity and identity among children’s writers of the day and exploring the influence of American and British authors on the shaping of Canadian identity. The visions of Canada expressed in this material are often in competition with one another, but together they illuminate the country’s attempts to define itself and its relation to the world outside its borders.
"...many analyses of literature (of any country) neglect texts written for children...This book attempts to remedy this lack for Canadian children's literature...Recommended." - P.J. Kurtz, Minot State University, Choice
"Galway’s study provides an excellent starting point for thinking through how contemporary writers and illustrators of children’s literatures in Canada continue to negotiate issues of race, language, religion, and culture in relation to American, as well as Canadian, discourses about national identity." - Jeunesse: Young People, Texts, Cultures
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Series Editor’s Forward
Acknowledgments
Introduction: From Nursery Rhymes to Nationhood
Chapter One: The View From Afar: British and American Perspectives
Chapter Two: Forest, Prairie, Sea, and Mountain: Canadian Regionalism
Chapter Three: A Question of Loyalties: Britain and Canada
Chapter Four: Due South: America and Canada
Chapter Five: Sleeping With the Enemy? The Figure of the French Canadian
Chapter Six: Flint and Feather: The Figure of the Indian
Chapter Seven: Fact or Fiction? The Making of Canadian History
Chapter Eight: "The True North Strong and Free": Landscape and Environment
Conclusion
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
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