Opening The Nursery Door

Opening The Nursery Door

by Mary Hilton (Author), Mary Hilton (Author)

Synopsis

Opening the Nursery Door is a fascinating collection of essays inspired by the discovery of a tiny archive: the nursery library of Jane Johnson 1707-1759, wife of a Lincolnshire vicar. It has captured the scholarly interest of social anthropologists, historians, literary scholars, educationalists and archivists as it has opened up a range of questions about the nature of childhood within English cultural life over three centuries: the texts written and read to children, the multifarious ways childhood has been considered, shaped and schooled through literacy practices, and the hitherto ignored role of women educators in early childhood across all classes.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
Edition: 1
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 03 Apr 1997

ISBN 10: 0415148995
ISBN 13: 9780415148993

Media Reviews
These essays enliven the theme of domestic literacy by coming at the topic and varied angles...though-provoking material.
- The History of Education Quarterly, Spring 1999