English 2033E Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Phase 2, Rodent

• School: Western University
• Department: English
• Course: English 2033E
• Professor: Gabrielle Ceraldi

Document Summary

First golden age of children"s literature: began in 1865 with alice"s adventures in wonderland. Included little women and other moralistic literatures: demonstrated that there was a lot of pro t in writing for children, and it was possible to write for children without being overbearingly simple and having overt messages. This can be attributed to the outbreak of adventure stories during the late 1800s. I have a message from all of your mothers: they want you to die like english gentlemen. peter pan, wendy says this. It is taken far too literally in respect to those who went off to war: these novels tend to be aimed more toward teaching than the ideal child: Salutations implores a broad vocabulary in charlotte"s web: provoked by marketing opportunities, the barn was very large. It smelled of hay and it smelled of manure. It smelled of the perspiration of the tired horses and the wonderful sweet breath of the patient cows.