Livres d'école et littérature de jeunesse en France au XVIIIe siècle

Abstract

"With its wealth of educational publishers and children's collections, did the nineteenth century invent the children's book market? In eighteenth-century France, many people were already trying to separate the literature suitable for children and young people within the bookstore. The pedagogical rituals of colleges and small schools, the commercial strategies of booksellers, the concerns of the churches, the projects and policies of school reform, all driven by the educational fever of the nobility and the bourgeoisie, produced countless children's libraries, plural and plastic, with or without walls. At the beginning of the century, the ordering of books was dominated by the rationale of educational institutions and the book trade: this book shows how a new category emerged from the 1760s onwards, that of the "educational book", which was no longer identified with a place, but with a literacy project, and which was accompanied by the emergence of new authors. As studies on children's literature continue to be developed and shaped in many areas, this book is in dialogue with the latest European research on the subject. In contrast to literary studies, this research does not start from authors and texts, but from objects and their uses. Its originality lies in the fact that it provides a historical perspective on these issues, articulating the history of books and bookshops, the history of education, the history of literary circles and the status of the author." page v-vi

Contents

I. L'Ancien Régime du livre d'école -- Le livre d'école sous le contrôle de l'Eglise -- Lire au pays latin -- 'Le pain quotidien des libraires de France' -- Vendre: le sens des lieux et l'ordre des livres -- II. Des livres pour les nouveaux Robinsons -- Réformer l'éducation nationale -- Modernités pédagogique -- L'invention de l'auteur pour la jeunesse -- Comment on écrit un livre pour les enfants.