Valerie Krips - The Presence of the Past: Memory, Heritage and Childhood in Post-War Britain (Garland Reference Library of the Humanities)

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THE PRESENCE OF THE PAST

CHILDRENS LITERATURE AND CULTURE

VOLUME 21

GARLAND REFERENCE LIBRARY OF THE HUMANITIES

VOLUME 2229

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CHILDRENS LITERATURE AND CULTURE

Jack Zipes, Series Editor

CHILDRENS LITERATURE COMES OF AGE

Toward a New Aesthetic

by Maria Nikolajeva

REDISCOVERIES IN CHILDRENS LITERATURE

by Suzanne Rahn

REGENDERING THE SCHOOL STORY

Sassy Sissies and Tattling Tomboys

by Beverly Lyon Clark

WHITE SUPREMACY IN CHILDRENS LITERATURE

Characterizations of African Americans, 18301900

by Donnarae MacCann

RETELLING STORIES, FRAMING CULTURE

Traditional Story and Metanarratives in Childrens Literature

by John Stephens and Robyn McCallum

THE CASE OF PETER RABBIT

Changing Conditions of Literature for Children

by Margaret Mackey

LITTLE WOMEN AND THE FEMINIST IMAGINATION

Criticism, Controversy, Personal Essays

edited by Janice M.Alberghene and Beverly Lyon Clark

IDEOLOGIES OF IDENTITY IN ADOLESCENT FICTION

by Robyn McCallum

NARRATING AFRICA

George Henty and the Fiction of Empire

by Mawuena Kossi Logan

TRANSCENDING BOUNDARIES

Writing for a Dual Audience of Children and Adults

edited by Sandra L.Beckett

CHILDRENS FILMS

History, Ideology, Pedagogy, Theory

by Ian Wojcik-Andrews

RUSSELL HOBAN/FORTY YEARS

Essays on His Writings for Children

by Alida Allison

EMPIRES CHILDREN

Empire and Imperialism in Classic British Childrens Books

by M.Daphne Kutzer

A NECESSARY FANTASY?

The Heroic Figure in Childrens Popular Culture

edited by Dudley Jones and Tony Watkins

TRANSLATING FOR CHILDREN

by Riitta Oittinen

THE PRESENCE OF THE PAST

Memory, Heritage, and Childhood in Postwar Britain

by Valerie Krips

INVENTING THE CHILD

Culture, Ideology, and the Story of Childhood

by J.Zornado

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MEMORY, HERITAGE, AND CHILDHOOD IN POSTWAR BRITAIN

VALERIE KRIPS

GARLAND PUBLISHING, INC.

NEW YORK & LONDON

2000

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Published in 2000 by
Garland Publishing, Inc.
29 West 35th Street
New York, NY 10001

Published in Great Britain by
Garland Publishing, Inc.
11 New Fetter Lane
London EC4P 4EE

Garland is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group

This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2002.

Copyright 2000 by Valerie Krips

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced
or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means,
now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording,
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Krips, Valerie, 1939
The presence of the past: memory, heritage, and childhood in postwar Britain/
Valerie Krips.
p. cm.(Garland reference library of the humanities; v.2229. Childrens
literature and culture; v.21.)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-8153-3863-5
1. Childrens literature, EnglishHistory and criticism. 2. ChildrenGreat
BritainBooks and readingHistory20th century. 3. Literature and history
Great BritainHistory20th century. 4. Historical fiction, EnglishHistory and
criticism. 5. World War, 19391945Literature and the war. 6. Autobiographical
memory in literature. 7. Children in literature. 8. History in literature. 9. Memory in
literature. I. Title. II. Garland reference library of the humanities; vol. 2229. III.
Garland reference of the humanities, Childrens literature and culture; v.21.
PR990.K 75 2000
820.9928209045dc 21 00061731

ISBN 0-203-90676-4 Master e-book ISBN

ISBN 0-203-90780-9 (OEB Format)

ISBN 0-8153-3863-5 (Print Edition)

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In memory of my mother, Margaret Lucy Martin

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Dedicated to furthering original research in childrens literature and culture, the Childrens Literature and Culture series includes monographs on individual authors and illustrators, historical examinations of different periods, literary analyses of genres, and comparative studies on literature and the mass media. The series is international in scope and is intended to encourage innovative research in childrens literature with a focus on interdisciplinary methodology.

Childrens literature and culture are understood in the broadest sense of the term children to encompass the period of childhood up through late adolescence. Owing to the fact that the notion of childhood has changed so much since the origination of childrens literature, this Garland series is particularly concerned with transformations in childrens culture and how they have affected the representation and socialization of children. While the emphasis of the series is on childrens literature, all types of studies that deal with childrens radio, film, television, and art are included in an endeavor to grasp the aesthetics and values of childrens culture. Not only have there been momentous changes in childrens culture in the last fifty years, but there have been radical shifts in the scholarship that deals with these changes. In this regard, the goal of the Childrens Literature and Culture series is to enhance research in this field and, at the same time, point to new directions that bring together the best scholarly work throughout the world.