Playing with the book : Victorian movable picture books and the child reader / Hannah Field.

"Playing with the Book analyzes novelty and movable publications for young children published from 1835 to 1914, specifically the panorama fold-out, the pop-up book, the dissolving-view book, and the mechanical book. Through the analysis of these unusual texts, Field encourages a reexamination of th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Field, Hannah, 1984- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Toy and movable books > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Toy and movable books > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Children's literature, English > History and criticism.
Children > Books and reading > Great Britain > History.
Children > Books and reading.
Children's literature, English.
Toy and movable books.
Great Britain.
1800-1999
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Genre:
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Physical Description:253 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction: novelty value
  • The three Rs: reading, ripping, reconstructing
  • Against the wall: stories, spaces, and the children's panorama
  • The movable book in 3-D
  • Ernest Nister Christopher Columbus: the tale of a dissolving-view book
  • Going through the motions: Lothar Meggendorfer and the mechanical book
  • Conclusion: novelty book history.