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Winner of the 2019 Book Award from the Children's Literature Association

Between Generations is a multidisciplinary volume that reframes children as powerful forces in the production of their own literature and culture by uncovering a tradition of creative, collaborative partnerships between adults and children in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century England. The intergenerational collaborations documented here provide the foundations for some of the most popular Victorian literature for children, from Margaret Gatty's Aunt Judy's Tales to Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island. Examining the publication histories of both canonical and lesser-known Golden Age texts reveals that children collaborated with adult authors as active listeners, coauthors, critics, illustrators, and even small-scale publishers.

These literary collaborations were part of a growing interest in child agency evident in cultural, social, and scientific discourses of the time. Be

Between Generations

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      Publisher University Press of Mississippi
      Published 1 April 2020
      ISBN-13 9781496828248
      978-1496828248
      ISBN-10 1496828240
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      Book Synopsis

      Winner of the 2019 Book Award from the Children's Literature Association

      Between Generations is a multidisciplinary volume that reframes children as powerful forces in the production of their own literature and culture by uncovering a tradition of creative, collaborative partnerships between adults and children in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century England. The intergenerational collaborations documented here provide the foundations for some of the most popular Victorian literature for children, from Margaret Gatty's Aunt Judy's Tales to Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island. Examining the publication histories of both canonical and lesser-known Golden Age texts reveals that children collaborated with adult authors as active listeners, coauthors, critics, illustrators, and even small-scale publishers.

      These literary collaborations were part of a growing interest in child agency evident in cultural, social, and scientific discourses of the time. Be

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