Rousseau's Daughters


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Provocative assessment of how new ideas about motherhood and domesticity in pre-Revolutionary France helped women demand social and political equality later on




Les livres de l'enfance du XVe au XIXe siècle: Texte


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A landmark bookseller's catalogue devoted to children's books, covering the 15th-19th centuries, and not limited to French books only. Vol. I consists of 6,251 annotated entries. Vol. II contains 336 plates of numbered fascimiles of title pages, bindings, illustrations and text pages.




Culturing the Child, 1690-1914


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Utilizing new historicist, feminist, and cultural studies critiques, this collection of essays provides new perspectives on early children's literary texts and the work of children's literature scholar Mitzi Myers (1939-2001).




A Critical History of French Children's Literature


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This two-volume critical history of French children’s literature from 1600 to the present helps bring awareness of the range, quality and importance of French children’s literature to a wider audience.




The Library Quarterly


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Includes section "Reviews".




Books in Print


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Book Bulletin


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Catalogue of Books


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Another World


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Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Another World -- 1 Drawing's Stepchild: Lithography and Caricature -- 2 Spreading the News: The Illustrated Press -- 3 The Invention of Comics: Stories in Pictures -- 4 Paths Forgotten, Calls Unheard: Pictures in Stories -- 5 The Curious History of Popular Imagery in France -- Conclusion: A Complete Panorama -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Illustration Credits -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z




Les Livres de L'année


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