The Myth of Cokaygne in Children’s Literature : The Consuming and the Consumed Child
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Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
3631614233
ISBN-13
9783631614235
Edition
New
Publisher
Peter Lang AG
Imprint
Peter Lang AG
Country of Manufacture
DE
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 10th, 2011
Print length
122 Pages
Weight
176 grams
Dimensions
21.20 x 14.90 x 0.90 cms
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Literary studies: classical, early & medievalChildren’s & teenage literature studiesPsychology
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In the English-speaking world, the medieval concept of Cokaygne as a paradisiac landscape made of food is merely preserved as a part of American folklore, the "Big Rock Candy Mountain". This book links the notion of cannibalism to the imagined cornucopia of food in children's literature.
In the English-speaking world, the medieval concept of Cokaygne as a paradisiac landscape made of food is merely preserved as a part of American folklore, the «Big Rock Candy Mountain». This motif of food in abundance is recurrent in children’s literature, which is discussed here first of all from a psychoanalytic angle, arguing that the infant’s first contact with the world is established through food intake. In addition, a scarce diet as part of child-rearing in the 19th century and the rationing system during World War II triggered the fantasy in children and adults alike. Accordingly, the medieval land of plenty found a new place in the imagination of the Victorian and post-war child. Apart from the predominant theme of the consuming child, this book also links the notion of cannibalism to the imagined cornucopia of food in children’s literature, which is a frequent motif in many children’s books up to the 21st century.
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