The Haunted Wood: A History of Childhood Reading

Title: The Haunted Wood: A History of Childhood Reading
Author: Sam Leith
ISBN: 9781998365098
Publisher: Sutherland House Books
Published: 2024
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Condition: New
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Literary Criticism 1639083

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Do you remember the first time you fell in love with a book?

The stories we read as children extend far beyond our childhoods; they are a window into our deepest hopes, joys and anxieties. They reveal our past - collective and individual, remembered and imagined - and invite us to dream up different futures.

In a pioneering history of children's literature, from the ancient world to the present day, Sam Leith reveals the magic of our most cherished stories, and the ways in which they have shaped and consoled entire generations. Excavating the complex lives of beloved writers, Leith offers a humane portrait of a genre - one acutely sensitive to its authors' distinct contexts.