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... books of Caxton and ranging through the work of ohn Bunyan . Wooden examines a number of works and uthors from this period of two centuries- ome from the standard canon , others ob- cure or neglected . Among them are John Foxe's Book of ...
... books of Caxton and ranging through the work of ohn Bunyan . Wooden examines a number of works and uthors from this period of two centuries- ome from the standard canon , others ob- cure or neglected . Among them are John Foxe's Book of ...
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... Children's Literature 1 2. Childermass Sermons in Late Medieval England 23 3. Childhood and Death : A Reading of John Skelton's Philip Sparrow 39 4. The Topos of Childhood in Marian England 55 5. John Foxe's Book of Martyrs and the ...
... Children's Literature 1 2. Childermass Sermons in Late Medieval England 23 3. Childhood and Death : A Reading of John Skelton's Philip Sparrow 39 4. The Topos of Childhood in Marian England 55 5. John Foxe's Book of Martyrs and the ...
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Contents
Introduction | ix |
From Caxton to Comenius The Origins of Childrens Literature | 1 |
Childermass Sermons in Late Medieval England | 23 |
Childhood and Death A Reading of John Skeltons Phillip Sparrow | 39 |
The Topos of Childhood in Marian England | 55 |
John Foxes Book of Martyrs and the Child Reader | 73 |
Michael Draytons Nymphidia A Childrens Classic? | 88 |
A Childs Garden of Sprites English Renaissance Fairy Poetry | 97 |
The WaterPoet A Pioneer of Childrens Literature | 119 |
Nature Moralized John Bunyans Country Rhimes for Children | 136 |
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