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'Gypsies' in Nineteenth-Century Children's Books: A Comparative Study of Four National Literary Traditions

Object category:
Elektronische Ressource
Person/Institution:
Kommers, Jean (1946)
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Publisher:
BRILL
Place of publication:
Boston
Date:
2022
Extent, illustration, format:
1 online resource (363 pages)
Language:
Englisch
Abstract:
Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- A Book about Tales, Tales That Do Things -- Introduction -- 1. Subject, Sources and Approach -- 2. Representation and Symbolism: An Analysis Referring to Dutch Narratives -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Beginning: Some Translations -- 3 Stealing Children or Stealing Gypsies? -- 3.1 Crossing the Border -- 3.2 Who May Cross the Border? -- 3.3 The Border -- 3.4 Differences in Social Status and the 'Intermediate Period' -- 3.5 The Character of the Intermediary -- 3.6 The Temptation -- 4 Why Are Gypsies in Juvenile Literature Thieves of Children? -- 5 Xenophobia and Compassion -- 6 Conclusion -- 3. Intermezzo: How an Enduring German Religious Tale Changed into a 'Gypsy-Tale' -- 4. Gypsies in English Juvenile Literature -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Gypsies and "Englishness" -- 2.1 Introduction -- 3 Early Representations of Gypsies (1787-1849) -- 3.1 Tales from the Late Eighteenth Century -- 3.2 The Early Nineteenth Century: Illustrated Moral and Instructive Texts -- 3.3 The Early Nineteenth Century: Literary Tales -- 4 The Victorian Age -- 4.1 Some Approaches -- 4.2 Textual Gypsies as Presented in Victorian Children's Literature -- 5 Conclusion -- 5. German Juvenile Gypsy-Literature -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Early Nineteenth-Century German Gypsy-Tales -- 3 Some Post-1860 Tales -- 4 Conclusion -- 6. French Juvenile Literature -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Some Pre-1860 Texts -- 3 After 1860 -- 4 Conclusion -- 7. Concluding Observations -- 1 Some Initial Reflections -- 2 Some Thoughts on Contemporary Interpretation -- 3 Analysis and Evaluation/Interpretation of Texts (and Authors) -- 4 A Literary Approach: Some Recurrent Themes -- 5 The Literary Traditions -- Bibliography -- Primary Sources -- Secondary Sources -- Index.
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2023-04-12
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