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11 janvier 2013
- handle: 10670/1.y2qb2p
- isbn: 9781906924102
- eisbn: 9781906924119
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folktales tales Germany tradition fiction moral tales didactic tales religious tales historical tales First World War Franco-Prussian War Thirty Years War German history Literature LIT009000 DSYSujets proches
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David Blamires, « 1. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen », Open Book Publishers, ID : 10670/1.y2qb2p
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1. Adventures of the Renowned Baron Munchausen, Containing Singular Travels, Campaigns, Voyages, and Adventures (1811).Frontispiece by Thomas Rowlandson. It may seem wayward to begin a consideration of the contribution of Germany to British children’s literature with a book that was not really designed for children. But the stories about Baron Munchausen were quickly adopted by children and became a runaway success. They were, moreover, the earliest such children’s book to be published in Eng...