The Jungle Books

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Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199536457
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (995 download)

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Book Synopsis The Jungle Books by : Rudyard Kipling

Download or read book The Jungle Books written by Rudyard Kipling and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-06-12 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the adventures of Mowgli, a boy reared by a pack of wolves and the wild animals of the jungle. Also includes other short stories set in India.

The Jungle Books (Illustrated)

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Publisher : Top Five Books LLC
ISBN 13 : 1938938240
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (389 download)

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Download or read book The Jungle Books (Illustrated) written by Rudyard Kipling and published by Top Five Books LLC. This book was released on 2015-03-27 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Top Five Classics illustrated edition of Rudyard Kipling’s immortal The Jungle Books, includes: • Complete texts of both The Jungle Book (1894) and The Second Jungle Book (1895) • All of the Mowgli stories, plus “Rikki-tikki-tavi,” “The White Seal,” and many more tales and poems • 16 full-color illustrations by Maurice & Edward Detmold, plus more than 60 additional illustrations by William Drake and John Lockwood Kipling • Author’s Preface and Note on the Names, and a detailed author bio The Jungle Books collect some of the most beloved children’s stories ever written, since they were first published in magazines starting in 1893. The stories feature Mowgli, a foundling raised in the Seeonee hills of India by a pack of wolves, a wise black panther named Bagheera, and a gruff but lovable bear called Baloo. The books also include the beloved tale of the mongoose “Rikki-tikki-tavi,” “The White Seal,” and many more. These stories helped confirm Rudyard Kipling as one of the greatest children’s authors of any era, as well as one of the greatest writers and poets in the English language.

The Jungle Story MEGAPACK®: 12 Thrilling Jungle Tales

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Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 1479420174
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (794 download)

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Download or read book The Jungle Story MEGAPACK®: 12 Thrilling Jungle Tales written by Otis Adelbert Klein and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2016-02-16 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jungle stories have been a part of popular literature since Tarzan swung out of the trees in 1913. We aren't including "Tarzan of the Apes" or any of its numerous sequels -- which are easily available elsewhere -- and are focusing on standalone tales, plus a rival of Tarzan's ... Jan of the Jungle! Here are tales of Jungle vudu, adventure, and mystery stories sure to entertain. Included are: THE CALL OF THE SAVAGE, by Otis Adelbert Kline AN ELEPHANT NEVER FORGETS, by Arthur Lane A CREEPING TERROR, by Douglas M. Dold AIR TRAIL, by Arthur O. Friel JUNGLE PLOY, by Bryce Walton JUNGLE WIRES, by Carl Jacobi RED WATER, by B. W. Watkin SKIN-DEEP, by Sherman Ripley THE CROWN JEWELS, by Robert Carlton Brown BLOOD-FLAME FOR THE JUDU, by Al Storm THE JUNGLE, by Paul Eardley THE WOOD DEVIL THING, by Gordon McCreagh If you enjoy this ebook, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see more of the 280+ volumes in this series, covering adventure, historical fiction, mysteries, westerns, ghost stories, science fiction -- and much, much more!

Kabini And The Jungle Stories

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Publisher : Notion Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (874 download)

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Download or read book Kabini And The Jungle Stories written by AK SINGH and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2022-08-02 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the turn of the 19th century in India, more than a million wild animals were trounced under the barrel of the gun, bringing them almost to the brink of extinction. There began one of the most inspirational stories of the crusade from Karapore village at the Kabini river of Mysore in South India. An innovative style of protecting nature gives immense importance to the preservation of wilderness, changing the lives of the aborigines through an instrument of eco-tourism. The book charts the key moments in the fight to conserve the natural wealth of India, which has been the centre of admiration for maharajas, the cynosure of the eyes of all royal princes, eminent military officials and those who set on foot to India during the medieval period, embarking on a journey of incredible stories of wildlife sports such as hunting and shooting. The chronicle gives a fascinating picture of the success story of eco-tourism in Karnataka. It offers an atmospheric and entertaining account of the lives of Indian princes, early lifestyles of viceroys, kings, czars and sovereign monarchs with joyful hunting expeditions of emperors, maharajas and enjoyable sports of diplomats and bloodhound hunters, the British civil servants. In a most vivid and gripping style, the saga records the life of men who lived in the wilderness amidst tribes and aborigines and made them friends, which spread the message of the benevolence of human relationships, love and a deep affection for nature and natural resources. It is a captivating book packed with splendid quotes, entertaining anecdotes, chronicles of pre-independent, innovative, triumphant trials of Khedda operations in the princely states of Mysore and Hyderabad, absorbing tales of the wildlife of India and her natural splendours across the cultural diversity of various tribes, ethnicities and their virtues, beliefs and ethos.

The Jungle Books, EC

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Publisher : Lindhardt og Ringhof
ISBN 13 : 8723554258
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (235 download)

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Book Synopsis The Jungle Books, EC by : Rudyard Kipling

Download or read book The Jungle Books, EC written by Rudyard Kipling and published by Lindhardt og Ringhof. This book was released on 2006-05-23 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When he wrote THE JUNGLE BOOKS in 1894, Kipling probably did not know that he was creating one of the most popular characters in fiction. The stories of Mowgli, the man-cub and his adventures with Bagheera the Panther, Baloo the Bear and Shere Khan the Tiger have captured the imagination of generations ever since. This volume contains a selection of the Mowgli stories together with the animal stories Rikki-tikki-tavi and The Undertaker. Kiplings stories combine adventure, humour and romance and reveal the authors political and philosophical concerns beneath his simple writing style.

LEGENDS FROM RIVER AND MOUNTAIN - 19 Illustrated Children's Stories from Sinaia

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Publisher : Abela Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 8828336374
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (283 download)

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Book Synopsis LEGENDS FROM RIVER AND MOUNTAIN - 19 Illustrated Children's Stories from Sinaia by : Anon E.Mouse

Download or read book LEGENDS FROM RIVER AND MOUNTAIN - 19 Illustrated Children's Stories from Sinaia written by Anon E.Mouse and published by Abela Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2018-09-12 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this volume is to furnish our younger readers of the present generation with a fresh supply of stories—half legend, half fairy-tale—of a kind with which the children of an earlier time were more familiar. Herein you will find 19 illustrated stories from the Rhineland and old Roumania. Stories like: The Jipi The Serpent-Isle Vîrful Cu Dor Furnica The Caraiman The Stags’ Valley The Witch’s Stronghold Piatra Arsa (“The Burnt Rock”) Rîul Doamnei (“The River Of The Princess”) The Cave Of Jalomitza The Nixies’ Cleft The Flying Castle The Silver Nail A Doubting Lover A Legend Of Walpurgis-Night Seekers After Gold The Maiden’s Rock The Water-Snake (Parts I And II) The Little Glass-Man The first ten of these stories are taken from the German of Carmen Sylva, who has kindly given the translator her special permission to add them to the following collection of legends. Many of them are associated with the mountains which surround her home among the pine-woods of Sinaia (Prahova County, Romania); others belong to the districts traversed by the Pelesch (Peleș) river (a tributary of the Prahova River), the merry stream that dashes through the ravine at the foot of her garden, “whispering all sorts of wonders and secrets to those who have ears to hear.” The remaining tales in the volume are collected from different parts of Germany. “The Little Glass-man,” is a legend of the Black Forest, the other stories are all compiled from, or founded upon, legends to be met with in various German collections. So, we invite you to download and read these weird tales from Central and Eastern Europe. Tales which will entertain you for hours. 10% of the net income from the sale of this book will be donated to charities. ========== KEYWORDS/TAGS: Rhineland, Germany, Roumania, HM the Queen, : fairy tales, folklore, myths, legends, children’s stories, children’s stories, bygone era, fairydom, fairy land, classic stories, children’s bedtime stories, happy place, happiness, Jipi, Serpent-Isle, Vîrful Cu Dor, Furnica, Caraiman, Stags Valley, Witchs Stronghold, Piatra Arsa, Burnt Rock, Rîul Doamnei, River Of The Princess, Cave, Jalomitza, Nixies Cleft, Flying Castle, Silver Nail, Doubting Lover, Legend, Walpurgis Night, Seekers After Gold, Maiden’s Rock, Water, Snake, Little, Glass Man, Sinaia, Prahova, Pelesch, river, mountains, București, Transylvania, Wallachia, Braşov, Bucharest, Bucegi Mountains

Kipling's Children's Literature

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Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317108973
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)

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Book Synopsis Kipling's Children's Literature by : Sue Walsh

Download or read book Kipling's Children's Literature written by Sue Walsh and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-22 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite Kipling's popularity as an author and his standing as a politically controversial figure, much of his work has remained relatively unexamined due to its characterization as 'children's literature'. Sue Walsh challenges the apparently clear division between 'children's' and 'adult' literature, and poses important questions about how these strict categories have influenced critical work on Kipling and on literature in general. For example, why are some of Kipling's books viewed as children's literature, and what critical assumptions does this label produce? Why is it that Kim is viewed by critics as transcending attempts at categorization? Using Kipling as a case study, Walsh discusses texts such as Kim, The Jungle Books, the Just-So Stories, Puck of Pook's Hill, and Rewards and Fairies, re-evaluating earlier critical approaches and offering fresh readings of these relatively neglected works. In the process, she suggests new directions for postcolonial and childhood studies and interrogates the way biographical criticism on children's literature in particular has tended to supersede and obstruct other kinds of readings.

Story Telling

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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True Stories

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Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300231601
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Book Synopsis True Stories by : Francis Spufford

Download or read book True Stories written by Francis Spufford and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An irresistible collection of favorite writings from an author celebrated for his bravura style and sheer unpredictability Francis Spufford’s welcome first volume of collected essays gathers an array of his compelling writings from the 1990s to the present. He makes use of a variety of encounters with particular places, writers, or books to address deeper questions relating to the complicated relationship between story-telling and truth-telling. How must a nonfiction writer imagine facts, vivifying them to bring them to life? How must a novelist create a dependable world of story, within which facts are, in fact, imaginary? And how does a religious faith felt strongly to be true, but not provably so, draw on both kinds of writerly imagination? Ranging freely across topics as diverse as the medieval legends of Cockaigne, the Christian apologetics of C. S. Lewis, and the tomb of Ayatollah Khomeini, Spufford provides both fresh observations and thought-provoking insights. No less does he inspire an irresistible urge to turn the page and read on.

A Complete History of American Comic Books

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Publisher : Peter Lang
ISBN 13 : 9781433101076
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (1 download)

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Book Synopsis A Complete History of American Comic Books by : Shirrel Rhoades

Download or read book A Complete History of American Comic Books written by Shirrel Rhoades and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2008 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an updated history of the American comic book by an industry insider. You'll follow the development of comics from the first appearance of the comic book format in the Platinum Age of the 1930s to the creation of the superhero genre in the Golden Age, to the current period, where comics flourish as graphic novels and blockbuster movies. Along the way you will meet the hustlers, hucksters, hacks, and visionaries who made the American comic book what it is today. It's an exciting journey, filled with mutants, changelings, atomized scientists, gamma-ray accidents, and supernaturally empowered heroes and villains who challenge the imagination and spark the secret identities lurking within us.

Story Telling

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.M/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Story Telling written by Edna Lyman and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Story Telling

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
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Book Synopsis Story Telling by : Mrs. Edna (Lyman) Scott

Download or read book Story Telling written by Mrs. Edna (Lyman) Scott and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

THE GIANT CRAB AND OTHER STORIES FROM OLD INDIA - 28 illustrated old tales from India

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Publisher : Abela Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 882834637X
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (283 download)

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Download or read book THE GIANT CRAB AND OTHER STORIES FROM OLD INDIA - 28 illustrated old tales from India written by Anon E. Mouse and published by Abela Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2018-09-11 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first collection by W. H. D. Rouse of 28 charming folk tales from India. The book is illustrated with 51 pen and ink drawings by – W. Heath Robinson, who is more famous for his illustrations of elaborate machines than he is for illustrations of children’s books. Herein you will find stories like: The Giant Crab, The Hypocritical Cat, The Crocodile And The Monkey, The Wise Parrot And The Foolish Parrot The Dishonest Friend The Mouse And The Farmer The Talkative Tortoise The Goblin And The Sneeze The Foolish Farmer And The King The Pious Wolf Birds Of A Feather The King’s Lesson; plus many, many more. Be sure to check out “The Giant Crab Children's Colouring Book” in which all 51 images can be found. Instead of being a single-use colouring book, this book is multi-use allowing you print, and reprint images, as much as you, and your children, like. It can be downloaded at https://goo.gl/2aB9R1 But be warned, this book was compiled in a time long before political correctness had been thought of, and the stories are from well before this time as well. These stories were told to teach children the consequences of behaving well or breaking the law. While not all those who broke the law paid the ultimate price, some did, but most got off with a warning after being found out. =========== KEYWORDS/TAGS: Giant Crab, India, folklore, fairy tales, W H D Rouse, old India, illustrations, Heath Robinson, Giant Crab, Other Stories, Hypocritical Cat, Crocodile and the Monkey, Axe, the Drum the Bowl and the Diamond, Wise Parrot and the Foolish Parrot, Dishonest Friend, Mouse and the Farmer, Talkative Tortoise, Monkeys and the Gardener, Goblin, Sneeze, Grateful Beasts, Ungrateful Prince, Goblin in the Pool, Foolish Farmer, King, Pious Wolf, Birds of a Feather, Spend a Pound, Win a Penny, Cunning Crane, Giant Crab, Union is Strength, Silence is Golden, Great Yellow King, Porter, Quail, Falcon, Pride, Fall, Bold Beggar, Jackal Would A-Wooing Go, Lion, Boar, Goblin City, Lacknose, King’s Lesson

The Big Book of Adventure Stories

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Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 030747450X
Total Pages : 898 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)

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Book Synopsis The Big Book of Adventure Stories by : Otto Penzler

Download or read book The Big Book of Adventure Stories written by Otto Penzler and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2011-05-31 with total page 898 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hair-raising collection of adventure stories that's so big and enthralling if you open it you may never be seen again: enter at your own risk. Everyone loves adventure, and Otto Penzler has collected the best adventure stories of all time into one mammoth volume. With stories by Jack London, O. Henry, H. Rider Haggard, Alastair MacLean, Talbot Mundy, Cornell Woolrich, and many others, this wide-reaching and fascinating volume contains some of the best characters from the most thrilling adventure tales, including The Cisco Kid; Sheena, Queen of the Jungle; Bulldog Drummond; Tarzan; The Scarlet Pimpernel; Conan the Barbarian; Hopalong Cassidy; King Kong; Zorro; and The Spider. Divided into sections that embody the greatest themes of the genre—Sword & Sorcery, Megalomania Rules, Man vs. Nature, Island Paradise, Sand and Sun, Something Feels Funny, Go West Young Man, Future Shock, I Spy, Yellow Peril, In Darkest Africa—it is destined to be the greatest collection of adventure stories ever compiled. Featuring: Lawless open seas Ferocious army ants Deadeyed gunmen Exotic desert islands Feverish jungle adventures Including: The story that introduced The Cisco Kid The complete novel of Tarzan the Terrible

Story Telling, what to Tell and how to Tell it

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 262 pages
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Book Synopsis Story Telling, what to Tell and how to Tell it by : Edna Lyman Scott

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KALMYKIAN and MONGOLIAN TRADITIONAL FAIRY TALES - 39 Kalmyk and Mongolian Children's Stories

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Publisher : Abela Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 8834175166
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (341 download)

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Download or read book KALMYKIAN and MONGOLIAN TRADITIONAL FAIRY TALES - 39 Kalmyk and Mongolian Children's Stories written by Anon E. Mouse and published by Abela Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2020-03-13 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Herein are 39 Kalmyk-Mongolian children’s fairy and folktales which are Mongolian in origin. Herein you wind stories like: The Saga Of The Well-And-Wise-Walking Khan The Woman Who Sought Her Husband In The Palace Of Erlik-Khan The Gold-Spitting Prince Five To One The Fortunes Of Shrikantha The Use Of Magic Language The Wife Who Loved Butter Bhîxu Life The Saga Of Ardschi-Bordschi And Vikramâditja’s Throne The Boy-King Schalû the Wolf-boy Vikramâditja acquires another Kingdom The Voice-charmer How Naran Gerel swore falsely and yet told the Truth ….plus many, many more. Kalmyk folklore, fairy tales, omens and sayings are a little-researched genre of folklore. Since early times the Kalmyk people, surveyed nature, animals, and the birds around them, from which they created tales, legends, myths, songs, proverbs, and sayings that are notable for their keen observation, which, over time, have been infused with a healthy dose of deep wisdom, which is highly complementary to their commonly held practise of Tengric Bhuddism, or Mongolian Buddhism. The Kalmyk people are members of the Oirat clan which is Mongolian in origin. The Kalmyks (also spelled Kalmouk) migrated 3,700km/2,300miles from the steppes of southern Siberia on the banks of the Irtysh River to the Lower Volga region, bordering on the northern Caspian sea, arriving in about 1630AD. The most compelling reason was to escape the growing dominance of the neighboring Dzungar Mongol tribe. Along the route of their migration, the Kalmyks would have met and mixed with pagans and shamans, the Jewish Khazars, Islam from the Alans and Nogais, and Christianity from the Russians and other Slavic tribes. As such their folklore and fairytales are interwoven with elements of all these cultures creating a rich and diverse tapestry of lore which is reflected in this volume. ============== KEYWORDS/TAGS: Kalmykian, Mongolian, folklore, fairytales, Ananda, ancient, ape, Ardschi-Bordschi, ARDSCHI, BORDSCHI, arrows, ass, barley-corns, beasts, beautiful, birdcatcher, bird, catcher, Bodhisattva, bones, Boy-king, Buddha, Buddhist, butter, capital, caravan, chief, children, children’s books, children’s stories, Churmusta, companions, cunning, dancing, demons, eight, endowed, enemy, feathers, fifteenth century, 15th C., free, friends, Gandharva, garuda-bird, Gerel, grandparents with children, gratitude, Hermit, honour, horse, India, jewel, Khan, Khanin, King, kingdom, Kun-dgah, Lama, lioness, love, magicians, magnanimous, maiden, majesty, mango tree, marry, Massang, Master, merchandize, merchandise, merchant, Minister, Moonshine, mother-o’-pearl, mothers to be, mothers with children, mountain, Nâgârg′una, Naran, Naran-Dâkinî, Naran Dâkinî, noble, oxen, palace, parents to be, parents with children, parrot, peace, possessed, Prince, Princess, Queen, reading to children, sacred, sacrifice, Schimnu, Schimnu Khan, Schimnus, Serpent, Serpent king, seventy-one, Shanggasba, Siddhi-kür, soothsayer, Ssaran, Sunshine, Suta, tales, talisman, Teacher, temple, thousand, throne, token, transform, treasure, Vikramâditja, water, Well-and-wise-walking, Well and wise walking, weep, wisdom, wise, wolves, wood-carver, wood carver, youth

Talking Animals in British Children's Fiction, 1786–1914

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Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351896296
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (518 download)

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Book Synopsis Talking Animals in British Children's Fiction, 1786–1914 by : Tess Cosslett

Download or read book Talking Animals in British Children's Fiction, 1786–1914 written by Tess Cosslett and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-03-02 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In her reappraisal of canonical works such as Black Beauty, Beautiful Joe, Wind in the Willows, and Peter Rabbit, Tess Cosslett traces how nineteenth-century debates about the human and animal intersected with, or left their mark on, the venerable genre of the animal story written for children. Effortlessly applying a range of critical approaches, from Bakhtinian ideas of the carnivalesque to feminist, postcolonial, and ecocritical theory, she raises important questions about the construction of the child reader, the qualifications of the implied author, and the possibilities of children's literature compared with literature written for adults. Perhaps most crucially, Cosslett examines how the issues of animal speech and animal subjectivity were managed, at a time when the possession of language and consciousness had become a vital sign of the difference between humans and animals. Topics of great contemporary concern, such as the relation of the human and the natural, masculine and feminine, child and adult, are investigated within their nineteenth-century contexts, making this an important book for nineteenth-century scholars, children's literature specialists, and historians of science and childhood.