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Author:   Keith O'Sullivan ,  Pádraic Whyte
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Edition:   1st ed. 2017
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781349934065

ISBN 10:   1349934062
Pages:   261
Publication Date:   29 October 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction; Pádraic Whyte and Keith O’Sullivan.- Chapter 1. Instruction with Delight; Máire Kennedy.- Chapter 2. Irish Children’s Books 1696‒1810; Anne Markey.- Chapter 3. The Great Famine in Irish History Textbooks, 1900–1971; Ciara Boylan.- Chapter 4. The Development of the Irish Immigrant Experience in Irish-American Children’s Literature 1850‒1900; Ciara Gallagher.- Chapter 5. Time and the Child; Aileen Douglas.- Chapter 6. Picking Grandmamma’s Pockets; Jarlath Killeen and Marion Durnin.- Chapter 7. From Superstition to Enchantment; Ciara Ní Bhroin.- Chapter 8. ‘Firing for the Hearth’; Pádraic Whyte.- Chapter 9. Kildare Place Society and the Beginnings of Formal Education in Ireland; Susan M. Parkes.- Chapter 10. Homespun Books; Julie Anne Stevens.- Chapter 11. The Puffin Story Books Phenomenon; Keith O’Sullivan.- Chapter 12. Picturing Possibilities in Children’s Book Collections; Valerie Coghlan.  

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As a collection of scholarship that utilises the resources of one group of libraries, this book has a great deal to offer. The standard of the scholarship is high, and the opportunity to explore collections from one city makes this an interesting and relevant text for scholars not only interested in Irish children's literature and Dublin, but also wider questions around the interconnected nature of books, society and politics. (Jen Aggleton, International Research in Children's Literature, Vol. 12 (1), 2019)

Author Information

Keith O’Sullivan is Lecturer in English at the Church of Ireland College of Education, Dublin, Ireland. He recently co-edited Children’s Literature and New York City (2014) and Irish Children’s Literature and Culture: New Perspectives on Contemporary Writing (2011). In 2013, he was co-recipient of a major Government of Ireland/Irish Research Council award to establish a National Collection of Children’s Books. Pádraic Whyte is Assistant Professor of English and a director of the master’s programme in Children's Literature at the School of English, Trinity College Dublin. He is author of Irish Childhoods (2011) and co-editor of Children's Literature and New York City (2014). He was co-recipient of a major Irish Research Council/Government of Ireland award to establish a National Collection of Children’s Book.

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