The Literature of Early Modern Childhoods
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12880703 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Edel Lamb (The University of Sydney, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 412-423 |
| Publication date | 2010-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Literature Compass (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1741-4113 • E-ISSN: 1741-4113 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1741-4113.2010.00705.x |
| OpenAlex | W1779959347 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 29 |
The texts adapted for, printed for and marketed to children and youths in the 16th and 17th centuries, the books read by boys and girls in this period, and writings by Renaissance children constitute the literature of early modern childhoods. Yet traditional histories of children’s literature, posing narrow definitions of this genre, have largely overlooked this period. In the past decade, fresh work by early modern scholars attending to the diverse elements of the literature of early modern childhoods has flourished. This essay evaluates the absence of early modern children’s literature from early studies and considers the ways in which this recent work in Renaissance studies has vitally transformed the field through its exploration of alternative definitions of childhood and children’s literature. This work is at an early stage but it has placed the interconnections between early modern childhoods and children’s literature at the centre of both Renaissance studies and childhood studies and has established key topics for future research
Aesthetics · Ancient history · Art · Art history · Children's literature · Developmental psychology · Early childhood · Early Modern Europe · Early Modern literature · Early modern period · Literature · Modern Literature · Period (music · Renaissance literature · The Renaissance · Classics · Early Modern Spanish Literature · Early Modern Women Writers · History · Psychology · Renaissance Literature and Culture
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Concepts of Childhood
Performing Childhood in the Early Modern Theatre
English Children's Books, 1600-1900
Fifteen Centuries of Children's Literature. An Annotated Chronology of British and American Works in Historical Context
| Citations per year | 0.13 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2011 - 2015 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |