Covering the period from the publication of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland to Winnie-the-Pooh, Humphrey Carpenter examines the lives and writings of Lewis Carroll, Kenneth Grahame, George Macdonald, Louisa May Alcott, Frances Hodgson Burnett, A.A. Milne and others whose works make up the Golden Age of children's literature. Both a collective biography and a work of criticism, Secret Gardens forces us to reconsider childhood classics in a new light. 'Secret Gardens permits us to see in a fresh light the interaction ...
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Covering the period from the publication of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland to Winnie-the-Pooh, Humphrey Carpenter examines the lives and writings of Lewis Carroll, Kenneth Grahame, George Macdonald, Louisa May Alcott, Frances Hodgson Burnett, A.A. Milne and others whose works make up the Golden Age of children's literature. Both a collective biography and a work of criticism, Secret Gardens forces us to reconsider childhood classics in a new light. 'Secret Gardens permits us to see in a fresh light the interaction between cultural history and literature, and to realize that ... it wasn't mere misfits who withdrew into the writing of children's books, but rather the sort of misfits who reflected the prevailing dissatisfactions of the age.' New York Times Book Review
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Add this copy of Secret Gardens: a Study of the Golden Age of Children's to cart. $6.91, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Atlanta rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Austell, GA, UNITED STATES, published 1985 by Houghton Mifflin.
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Add this copy of Secret Gardens: A Study of the Golden Age of Children's to cart. $11.90, good condition, Sold by Hay-on-Wye Booksellers rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hereford, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1987 by HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.
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Good. Some wear at edges/corners. Marks/scratches to cover. Tanning at text blocks and page edges. Text very good and legible. B-format paperback. 247 p. Illustrations, index.
Add this copy of Secret Gardens. the Golden Age of Children's Literature to cart. $14.20, very good condition, Sold by Lawrence Jones rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Nobby Beach, QLD, AUSTRALIA, published 1987 by Unwin Hyman Ltd.
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Very Good. 8vo. xi, 235pp, index, notes, bw ills. Or card covers. Minor toning to edges. The author reassesses the childrens books of the latter part of the nineteenth century and early twentieth century, the golden age of children's literature. Covering a period of 70 years which produced such classics as Alice in Wonderland, Wind in the Willows, Peter Pan, Winnie-the-Pooh, and the Tales of Beatrix Potter.
Add this copy of Secret Gardens: a Study of the Golden Age of Children's to cart. $14.38, very good condition, Sold by Kennys.ie rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Galway, IRELAND, published 1987 by HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.
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Very Good. 1987. Paperback. Good clean copy showing light shelf wear to covers. Lightly toned pages, text is clear and remains a very nice copy.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
Add this copy of Secret Gardens: the Golden Age of Children's Literature to cart. $18.75, very good condition, Sold by Argosy Book Store rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from New York, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1985 by Houghton Mifflin.
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Very good in very good jacket. Illustrated in black and white. 235 pages. 8vo, 1/2 cloth, d.w. (two tears, edgeworn). Boston: Houghton Mifflin, (1985). A very good copy--spine and top edge are foxed--in a very good dust wrapper.
Add this copy of Secret Gardens: a Study of the Golden Age of Children's to cart. $20.22, good condition, Sold by Anybook rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lincoln, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2009 by Faber And Faber.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 450grams, ISBN: 9780571249145.
Add this copy of Secret Gardens: a Study of the Golden Age of Children's to cart. $20.22, fair condition, Sold by Anybook rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lincoln, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2009 by Faber And Faber.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 450grams, ISBN: 9780571249145.
Add this copy of Secret Gardens (the Golden Age of Children's Literature to cart. $25.00, like new condition, Sold by My Dead Aunt's Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hyattsville, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1985 by Houghton Mifflin.
