Learning How to Feel : Children's Literature and Emotional Socialization, 1870-1970.
Frevert, Ute.
Learning How to Feel : Children's Literature and Emotional Socialization, 1870-1970. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (321 pages) - Emotions in History Series . - Emotions in History Series .
Cover -- Learning How to Feel -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Contributors -- Prologue -- Introduction -- 1 Mrs Gaskell's Anxiety -- 2 Dickon's Trust -- 3 Asghari's Piety -- 4 Ralph's Compassion -- 5 Doctor Dolittle's Empathy -- 6 Wendy's Love -- 7 Piggy's Shame -- 8 Lebrac's Pain -- 9 Jim Button's Fear -- 10 Ivan's Bravery -- 11 Heidi's Homesickness -- 12 Ingrid's Boredom -- Epilogue: Translating Books, Translating Emotions -- References -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects -- Index of Work Titles.
This volume demonstrates how children, through their reading matter, were provided with learning tools to navigate their emotional lives, presenting this in the context of changing social, political, cultural, and gender agendas, the building of nations, subjects and citizens, and the forging of moral and religious values.
9780191508004
Emotional intellegence.
Electronic books.
BF576.L437 2014eb
152.4
Learning How to Feel : Children's Literature and Emotional Socialization, 1870-1970. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (321 pages) - Emotions in History Series . - Emotions in History Series .
Cover -- Learning How to Feel -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Contributors -- Prologue -- Introduction -- 1 Mrs Gaskell's Anxiety -- 2 Dickon's Trust -- 3 Asghari's Piety -- 4 Ralph's Compassion -- 5 Doctor Dolittle's Empathy -- 6 Wendy's Love -- 7 Piggy's Shame -- 8 Lebrac's Pain -- 9 Jim Button's Fear -- 10 Ivan's Bravery -- 11 Heidi's Homesickness -- 12 Ingrid's Boredom -- Epilogue: Translating Books, Translating Emotions -- References -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects -- Index of Work Titles.
This volume demonstrates how children, through their reading matter, were provided with learning tools to navigate their emotional lives, presenting this in the context of changing social, political, cultural, and gender agendas, the building of nations, subjects and citizens, and the forging of moral and religious values.
9780191508004
Emotional intellegence.
Electronic books.
BF576.L437 2014eb
152.4