The Haunted Wood A History of Childhood Reading Ebook (hebook.shop)

The Haunted Wood
A History of Childhood ReadingDo you remember the first time you fell in love with a book’ The stories we read as children extend far beyond our childhoods; they are a window into our deepest hopes, joys and anxieties. They reveal our past  collective and individual, remembered and imagined  and invite us to dream up different futures. In a pioneering history of childrens literature, from the ancient world to the present day, Sam Leith reveals the magic of our most cherished stories, and the ways in which they have shaped and consoled entire generations. Excavating the complex lives of beloved writers, Leith offers a humane portrait of a genre  one acutely sensitive to its authors distinct contexts. ISBN: 9781998365098, 1998365093