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- Title
"CONCERNING PRINTED POISON": NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICAN ADULTS' AMBIVALENCE ABOUT CHILDREN'S INTERACTIONS WITH CHEAP FICTION.
- Authors
CASSIDY, MARGARET
- Abstract
The article deals with the proliferation of cheap fiction as a manifestation of changing media landscape and its impact on children in the U.S. during the 19th century. A media ecological approach is used to examine children's literature in the early 1800s, the response of the American public and adults to this media change, and the emergence of the dime novels. The campaign to elevate the reading taste of children and the role of public libraries to reach out to children are mentioned.
- Subjects
UNITED States; CHILDREN'S literary criticism; MASS media &; children; ADULT-child relationships -- Social aspects; MASS media &; society; READING &; society
- Publication
Journal of the History of Childhood & Youth, 2015, Vol 8, Issue 2, p211
- ISSN
1939-6724
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/hcy.2015.0034