From Nursery Rhymes to Nationhood

From Nursery Rhymes to Nationhood

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Galway Elizabeth
Taylor & Francis Ltd
EAN: 9780415699419
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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.

EAN 9780415699419
ISBN 041569941X
Binding Paperback / softback
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Publication date September 14, 2011
Pages 216
Language English
Dimensions 229 x 152
Country United Kingdom
Readership Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Authors Galway Elizabeth
Series Children's Literature and Culture