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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

From Chapbooks to Plumb Cake: The History of Children's Literature

Abstract

dc:description

When America does produce some notable works of imaginative fantasy, is by harkening back to the old chapbooks romances. Howard Pyle's King Arthur series incorporates much of the magic and fantasy of old chapbook stories, but nonetheless, his retellings of medieval legends were still constrained by the desire to morally guide children; and they never achieved quite the same flight of fancy as British children's literature.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Ph.D.
Level thesis:degree_level
Dissertation
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Educational Policy Studies
Grantor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Year dc:date
2015

Author and committee

dc:creator, dc:contributor.*
Author dc:creator
  • Bradley, Johanna
Contributors dc:contributor
  • Violet Harris

Subjects

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Rights

Language dc:language
eng

Identifiers

dc:identifier.*
Identifier
(MiAaPQ)AAI3290182
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/79994

Chain of custody

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University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
Base URL
www.ideals.illinois.edu/oai-pmh
Last updated
2026-07-22
Source record
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citation

Bradley, Johanna. From Chapbooks to Plumb Cake: The History of Children's Literature. Dissertation thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/79994