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Death of the fairy: children’s science writing and the reinvention of fairyland in nineteenth century Britain
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In this article, I examine how the nineteenth-century British
writers’ insertion of fairies into children’s science writing as a
narrative device promoted Britain as a nation that had
progressed past the age of superstition. Throughout the
nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, science writers like
Buckley framed their narrative through a folkloric lens rather
than adopted a scientific lens through which to frame a folklore
narrative. Through an analysis of children’s science writing and
connected texts, this article reveals the way in which the
insertion of fairies and other folklore figures into educational
works as a narrative device implicitly, or explicitly, promoted
the image of Britain as a nation that had progressed past the age
of superstition.
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History of science Children's literature Arabella Buckley Fairies Nineteenth century . Faculdade de Artes e Humanidades
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Universidade da Madeira. Faculdade de Artes e Humanidades