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Direct linkBeauvais, Clémentine – Children's Literature in Education, 2019
This article explores child-authored texts, both real and fictional, and the adult discourse surrounding or commenting on such texts. It focuses on the example of young Marcel's writing in Proust's "In Search of Lost Time," and on the critical commentary on the juvenilia of child authors of the nineteenth and early twentieth century. I…
Descriptors: Children, Authors, Childrens Writing, Nineteenth Century Literature
Download full textDudareva, Marianna A.; Goeva, Nina P. – Journal of Social Studies Education Research, 2017
The article deals with a complicated archetypal tree complex in Russian literature. The object chosen here is "white willow" (vetla) as one of the species of willow in its different variations--daphne willow (verba) and goat willow (rakita), and willow itself. In the 19th century Russian literature we can find the image of white willow…
Descriptors: Folk Culture, Russian Literature, Forestry, Nineteenth Century Literature
Chen, Nancy Wei-Ning – Children's Literature in Education, 2015
The dolls' house as children's plaything is anything but simple. Inasmuch as the dolls' house may be the reproduction of domestic ideals on a minute scale and an educational model prompting girls to become good housewives, this article argues that it is also a means and space to express imagination, creativity, and agency. Including a short…
Descriptors: Toys, Childrens Literature, Females, Imagination
Chen, Shih-Wen – Children's Literature in Education, 2013
This paper considers how "knowledge" of China was presented for Victorian and Edwardian children in "The Boy's Own Paper" ("BOP") between 1879 and 1914. It considers how genre affects the representation of China in the "BOP" by comparing travel narratives and adventure stories. First, it focuses on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Childrens Literature, Twentieth Century Literature, Nineteenth Century Literature
Tomlinson, Johanna Ruth Brinkley – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Two children, Dan and Una, sit in the woods and listen to a story of Britain's early history told to them by Sir Richard, a spirit conjured from the past for this instructive purpose. In this tale, Sir Richard gains treasure by defeating the "devils" that terrorize a village of African people. In many ways, this framed narrative sets up…
Descriptors: Fantasy, English Literature, Childrens Literature, Children
Dade, Juliette N. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century in Paris was a time of social upheaval that witnessed the appearance of a new style of Sapphic novel in Paris, that of women writing about their lesbian experiences. Although men had written prolifically on the subject during the previous decades, it was not until 1900…
Descriptors: Females, Homosexuality, Novels, Authors
Wetzel, Grace – Great Plains Quarterly, 2008
An independent and strong-minded woman gains control of a farm and determines to effect its fruition. Though many doubt her capacity, the female landowner trumps her male counterparts when the farm flourishes under her effective management. In the end, she marries--but on extremely unconventional terms. Rejecting romantic love, she instead weds a…
Descriptors: United States Literature, English Literature, Nineteenth Century Literature, Twentieth Century Literature
Peer reviewedGrossman, Kathryn M. – Journal of General Education, 1985
Examines Victor Hugo's "Ninety-three," Charles Dickens'"Tale of Two Cities," and Eugene Zamiatin's "We" as examples of romantic satire, considering in each work the quest motif, the oedipal themes, the dystopian vision, and the role of love. (AYC)
Descriptors: Literary Criticism, Nineteenth Century Literature, Novels, Romanticism
Peer reviewedRull, Enrique – Revista de Filologia Espanola, 1969
Special issue devoted to the life and works of Gustavo Adolfo Becquer. (DS)
Descriptors: Literary Influences, Literary Styles, Nineteenth Century Literature, Poetry
Peer reviewedVidal, Hernan – Hispania, 1969
Descriptors: Hispanic American Literature, Naturalism, Nineteenth Century Literature, Novels
Peer reviewedHardy, Barbara – English in Education, 1973
Descriptors: English Literature, Higher Education, Literary Criticism, Nineteenth Century Literature
Peer reviewedVazquez Bigi, A. M. – Revista de Occidente, 1972
Descriptors: Essays, Literary Styles, Nineteenth Century Literature, Novels
Pearce, Richard – Coll Engl, 1970
Descriptors: Ambiguity, Analytical Criticism, Characterization, Dialogs (Literary)
Ashley, L. F. – Elem Engl, 1970
Descriptors: Books, Characterization, Childrens Literature, English Literature
Peer reviewedBalhorn, Mark – Visible Language, 1998
Demonstrates that linguistic accuracy is not and can never be a primary goal of writers who create effective renderings. Compares renderings of 19th- and early 20th-century white writers of dialect with those of contemporary writers. Finds that neither can be said to be more accurate than the other. (PA)
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Comparative Analysis, Language Usage, Nineteenth Century Literature
