The myth of Cokaygne in children's literature
Autori
Parametre
Viac o knihe
In the English-speaking world, the medieval concept of Cokaygne as a paradisiac landscape made of food is merely preserved as a part of American folklore, the «Big Rock Candy Mountain». This motif of food in abundance is recurrent in children’s literature, which is discussed here first of all from a psychoanalytic angle, arguing that the infant’s first contact with the world is established through food intake. In addition, a scarce diet as part of child-rearing in the 19th century and the rationing system during World War II triggered the fantasy in children and adults alike. Accordingly, the medieval land of plenty found a new place in the imagination of the Victorian and post-war child. Apart from the predominant theme of the consuming child, this book also links the notion of cannibalism to the imagined cornucopia of food in children’s literature, which is a frequent motif in many children’s books up to the 21st century.
Nákup knihy
The myth of Cokaygne in children's literature, Franziska Burstyn
- Jazyk
- Rok vydania
- 2011
Doručenie
Platobné metódy
2021 2022 2023
Navrhnúť zmenu
- Titul
- The myth of Cokaygne in children's literature
- Jazyk
- anglicky
- Autori
- Franziska Burstyn
- Vydavateľ
- Lang
- Rok vydania
- 2011
- ISBN10
- 3631614233
- ISBN13
- 9783631614235
- Séria
- Arbeiten zur literarischen Phantastik
- Kategórie
- Beletria
- Anotácia
- In the English-speaking world, the medieval concept of Cokaygne as a paradisiac landscape made of food is merely preserved as a part of American folklore, the «Big Rock Candy Mountain». This motif of food in abundance is recurrent in children’s literature, which is discussed here first of all from a psychoanalytic angle, arguing that the infant’s first contact with the world is established through food intake. In addition, a scarce diet as part of child-rearing in the 19th century and the rationing system during World War II triggered the fantasy in children and adults alike. Accordingly, the medieval land of plenty found a new place in the imagination of the Victorian and post-war child. Apart from the predominant theme of the consuming child, this book also links the notion of cannibalism to the imagined cornucopia of food in children’s literature, which is a frequent motif in many children’s books up to the 21st century.