Audacious Kids: Coming of Age in America's Classic Children's Books.
1995; Oxford University Press; Volume: 100; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/2168708
ISSN1937-5239
Autores Tópico(s)Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies
ResumoThe years stretching from the American Civil War to World War I are regarded as a 'Golden Age of Children's Books'. In this first ever book-length study of the classics of American children's literature, Jerry Griswold analyses twelve tales - including Little Women, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Pollyanna, The Wizard of Oz, and The Secret Garden - discovering that these secular parables all tell essentially the same story, and pointing out the extent to which they emphasize motifs that are distinctively American.
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