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From Instruction To Delight : an Anthology of Children's Literature To 1850 (2ND 04 - Old Edition)

by Patricia Demers

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ISBN13: 9780195418897
ISBN10: 0195418891
Condition: Student Owned
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The second edition of From Instruction to Delight is a thorough update of Patricia Demers' essential anthology of key works of children's literature from 1000 to 1850. It includes approximately 70 examples of children's literature, ranging from complete and excerpted short stories, verse, and lessons for children, along with critical introductions, headnotes, and original black and white woodcuts.
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Table of Contents

1. Books of Courtesy and Early Lessons


2. The `Hell-Fire' Tales of the Puritans


3. The Lyrical Instruction of Isaac Watts


4. Chapbooks and Penny Histories


5. John Newbery: "Instruction with Delight"


6. Rational Moralists


7. Sunday School Moralists


8. Harbingers of the Golden Age


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ISBN:
9780195418897
Subtitle:
An Anthology of Children's Literature to 1850
Editor:
DeMers, Patricia
Editor:
DeMers, Patricia
Publisher:
Oxford University Press, USA
Location:
Don Mills, Ont.
Subject:
General
Subject:
Canadian
Subject:
Literature, English
Subject:
Canada - General
Subject:
Literature/English | World Literature | Canada
Edition Number:
2
Edition Description:
Second
Series Volume:
108-52
Publication Date:
October 2003
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
20 photos, 110 b/w illus.
Pages:
384
Dimensions:
9.24x5.94x.93 in. 1.35 lbs.
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