The Lore And Language Of Schoolchil

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Iona Opie

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First published in 1959, The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren is a pathbreaking work of scholarship that is also a splendid and enduring work of literature. Going outside the nursery, with its assortment of parent approved entertainments, to observe and investigate the day-to-day creative intelligence and activities of children, the Opies bring to life the rites and rhymes, jokes and jeers, laws, games, and secret spells of what has been called 'the greatest of savage tribes, and the only one which shows no signs of dying out.'

Author Biography:

Iona (born 1923) and Peter Opie (1918-1982) began their research together in 1944 and are noted authorities in the field of chidren's lore and literature. Fifteen years later they published The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren and took their places as, to quote The Guardian, 'the supreme archivists of the folklore movement.' Since that time, they have jointly published The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes, The Classic Fairy Tales, and Children's Game in Street and Playground. Since Peter Opie's death in 1982, Iona Opie has carried on with their work under his name as well as their own. Their collection of children's literature is now housed at the Bodleian Library at Oxford University.

Release date NZ

August 31st, 2000

Author

Iona Opie

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Edition

Main

Pages

488

Dimensions

125x205x30

ISBN-13

9780940322691

Product ID

2424859

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