Chaucer as Children's Literature : Retellings from the Victorian and Edwardian Eras
- Author / Editor
- Richmond, Velma Bourgeois.
Chaucer as Children's Literature : Retellings from the Victorian and Edwardian Eras
- Published
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, 2004.
- Physical Description
- viii, 255 pp.
- Description
- Richmond studies British and American adaptations of Chaucer's CT for children, from Charles Cowden Clarke's "Tales from Chaucer in Prose" (1833) until World War I. She examines the selections and adaptations of the Tales and the accompanying illustrations, exploring didactic and pedagogical values that underlie the texts and illustrations, as well as relationships with the contemporary book trade, artistic traditions, educational reforms, and cultural nostalgia.
- Also considers the inclusion of Chaucer's works in schoolbooks and the development of his status as "Father" of English poetry. The book includes a bibliography of "Victorian and Edwardian Books of Chaucer for Children," plus several tables that identify which Tales were selected and illustrated in these books.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Background and General Criticism.
- Chaucer's Influence and Later Allusion.