Songs of Innocence: The Story of British Childhood 1782390405, 9781782390404

As recently as 100 years ago British children existed in ways now unthinkable; boys as young as eight worked grueling ho

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Songs of Innocence: The Story of British Childhood
1782390405, 9781782390404

Songs of Innocence and of Experience (1794) is William Blake’s best-known work, containing such familiar poems as ‘Londo

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William blake : songs of innocence and of experience. Reading books is a kind of enjoyment. Reading books is a good habi

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In The Queer Aesthetics of Childhood, Hannah Dyer offers a study of how children’s art and art about childhood can forec

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First published in 1956, this book has been described by the author as something of a biographical novel, somewhere betw

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Edith Wharton's masterwork captures the opulence and deceit of a bygone era. It follows Newland Archer, a young law

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Every album and every song ever released by the Beatlesfrom 'Please Please Me' (U.S. 1963) to 'The Long a

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Mary O'Leary (Máire Bhuí Ní Laoire) was one of the most celebrated Irish-language folk poets of the 19th century. S

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Songs of Innocence and Experience: Romance in the Cinema of Frank Capra is a study of the director’s chosen movies from

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Embracing an improbable stretch of sobriety, unlicensed P.I. Duck Darley has proven himself stronger than the temptation

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