Posts tagged with ‘children’s stories’
Child readers and their books in nineteenth-century Britain
Colin Heywood, Emeritus Professor of Modern French History at the University of Nottingham, focuses on the society and culture in which children were raised in the 19th century.
Tags: Childhood education, children's books, children's stories, Colin Heywood, literacy, literature, manuscripts and special collections
Invisible storytellers: Cinderella, Pinocchio and the remarkable role of translators in the history of British children’s literature
It is easy to forget the role of a translator in producing English versions of many children’s tales. In this talk, Gillian Lathey introduces some of these invisible storytellers and pays homage to their neglected craft.
Tags: children's books, children's stories, Gillian Lathey, literature, manuscripts and special collections
Exhibition launch – From Rags to Witches: The grim tale of children’s stories
Colleagues are invited to attend the launch of the latest exhibition from the University of Nottingham’s Manuscripts & Special Collections.
Tags: Carol Adlam, children's stories, literature, manuscripts
Film screening: The Company of Wolves (cert 18)
Film screening with an introduction by local performance poet Andrew Graves.
Tags: Andrew Graves, Angela Carter, children's stories, Fairy tales, Little Red Riding Hood, The Bloody Chamber, The company of wolves
The uses of fairy tales: enchanting ideologies and radical transformations
Rachel Palfreyman, Associate Professor in German Studies at the University of Nottingham, discusses how fairy tales have been interpreted.
Tags: children's stories, Faity tales, manuscripts and special collections, Rachel Palfreyman
From Rags to Witches: The grim tale of children’s stories
Using original archives and rare books from the University of Nottingham’s Manuscripts & Special Collections, this exhibition will explore a range of children’s stories and traditional tales.
Tags: children's books, children's stories, Fairy stories, literature, manuscripts and special collections