“A Prostitution Alike of Matter and Spirit”: Anti-War Discourses in Children’s Literature and Childhood Culture Before and During World War I

2012 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 120-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kimberley Reynolds
Keyword(s):  
Children's Literature ◽  
World War I ◽  
Children’S Literature ◽  
World War

No More “Little Jews Without Beards”: Insights into Yiddish Children’s Literature in Eastern Europe Prior to World War I1

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathan Cohen
Keyword(s):  
Children's Literature ◽  
World War I ◽  
Eastern Europe ◽  
Children’S Literature ◽  
Foreign Languages ◽  
World War ◽  
Yiddish Literature ◽  
Young Readers ◽  
System A ◽  
Original Works

Abstract The first modern publications in Yiddish which were intended for young readers in Eastern Europe—either original works or translations from foreign languages—appeared at the turn of the twentieth century as the sporadic initiatives of a few writers. A more systematic literature for children in Yiddish started relatively late, and was linked to the developing Yiddish school system. A growing number of writers and cultural activists, including Sholem Aleichem and Y. L. Peretz, became gradually aware of the importance and need for appropriate literature for children. Within less than a decade, the Yiddish book market was enriched with a variety of publications focused upon young readers whose ages ranged between 5 and 12 years. These publications included many translations (or adaptations) from foreign languages—either directly or indirectly—as well as original works by known Yiddish writers. The first Yiddish periodicals for youngsters as well as textbooks also appeared then, prior to World War I. Yiddishists and publishers established publishing companies for this purpose and initiated pretentious projects of which few were realized, or even partly realized. The current article will review and examine the first initiatives for publishing Yiddish children’s literature and periodicals, who the initiators were and what their purpose was. Also, to what extent these publications were accepted, and their contribution to modern Yiddish literature.

scholarly journals A Selection of Relevant Portuguese Children’s Literature Published in the Period of World War I

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 247-259
Author(s):  
Sara Reis da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Children's Literature ◽  
World War I ◽  
Children’S Literature ◽  
World War ◽  
Young Readers ◽  
Nodal Points ◽  
First Republic ◽  
Critical Approaches ◽  
Historical Periods ◽  
Selection Of

The systemic singularities of children’s literature seem to have determined the relative inconsistency of critical approaches based on historiography, where the “nodal points” are mainly of a temporal, topographical, institutional and figurative nature. One of the historical periods whose “historiographical reading” of literary outlines is incomplete and unsystematised corresponds to the timeframe between the beginning and the end of World War I. We will revisit some Portuguese authors and their works: O Navio dos Brinquedos [The Toy Ship] (1914) by António Sérgio, Era uma Vez[Once Upon a Time] (1916) by Maria Sofia Santo Tirso, and the “Polichinelo” [Punchinello] series (1918–1921) by Emília de Sousa Costa, published between 1914 and 1918, in an attempt to elucidate their technical singularities, and their most relevant ideothematic lines. Falling under the category of First Republic literature, these texts betray aesthetic sensibilities and very different ideologies, showing what was written for children and what young readers read in wartime.

scholarly journals Historical Material in Maurice Gee's The Fire-Raiser

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vivien Van Rij
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Children's Literature ◽  
World War I ◽  
Small Town ◽  
Children’S Literature ◽  
World War ◽  
Historical Material ◽  
Award Winning ◽  
Faculty Of Education

Award-winning New Zealand writer, Maurice Gee, has written five realistic novels for children, each set during a defining period in New Zealand history.  This essay examines Gee’s use in The Fire-Raiser of historical material, particularly that related to Nelson Central School and its lively headmaster, F. G. Gibbs.  Through his accurate reproduction of precise detail Gee vividly evokes small-town New Zealand during World War I.  But Gee also adapts historical material in order to pursue his ideal of balance.Vivien van Rij is a lecturer in Victoria University's Faculty of Education, specialising in children's literature and literacy.Correspondence about this article may be directed to the author at [email protected]

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2007 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 88-162
Author(s):  
Andrew R. Holmes ◽  
Ruth McManus ◽  
Brendan Bradshaw ◽  
Conor McNamara ◽  
Caitriona Clear ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Children's Literature ◽  
World War I ◽  
Early Modern ◽  
Population Decline ◽  
Children’S Literature ◽  
Good Health ◽  
Political Conflict ◽  
Roman Catholic Church ◽  
The Troubles ◽  
History Of

scholarly journals Minimal Departures: Narratives of Younger Female Mobility in Late Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Italian Children’s Literature

2015 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 125-138
Author(s):  
Rita Caviglioli
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Children's Literature ◽  
World War I ◽  
Child Labor ◽  
Children’S Literature ◽  
National Development ◽  
Young Male ◽  
Early Twentieth Century ◽  
Labor Exploitation ◽  
Late Nineteenth

Mobility narratives in late nineteenth- and early twentieth- century Italian literature for children reflect the dramatic conditions of vagrancy, abandonment and forced relocation, as well as the situation of child-labor exploitation and child trade through apprenticeship contracts. They also document experiences of mass emigration. In my essay I intend to: i) acknowledge that children’s conditions have been the object of an extensive multi-disciplinary debate in the 1800s and early 1900s; ii) briefly discuss the specifics of Italian children’s literature and the representation of young male mobility; iii) identify some recurring narrative patterns of female (im)mobility; iv) point to three specific narrative plots that relate the mobility of younger female characters to national-identity and national-development issues; v) analyze two of these narratives, Maria Messina’s Cenerella and Olga Visentini’s La zingarella e la principessina, which were written during or in the aftermath of World War I.

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