{"product_id":"9780810854017-e-nesbits-psammead-trilogy-a-childrens-classic-at-100","title":"E. Nesbit's Psammead Trilogy","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Children's Classic at 100\u003cbr\u003eThe \"Psammead Trilogy\" written by Edith Nesbit includes \"Five Children and It\", \"The Phoenix and the Carpet\", and \"The Story of the Amulet\". The essays collected in this volume celebrate the completion of the \"Psammead Trilogy\". These essays employ differing strategies and place Edith Nesbit in various contexts to assess her achievement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe year 2006 marks the hundredth anniversary of book publication of the final volume of the Psammead trilogy-\u003ci\u003eFive Children and It\u003c\/i\u003e (1902), \u003ci\u003eThe Phoenix and the Carpet\u003c\/i\u003e (1904), and \u003ci\u003eThe Story of the Amulet\u003c\/i\u003e (1906)-a remarkable series of fantasy novels for children by an equally remarkable writer, Edith Nesbit. In this trilogy, Nesbit combined fantasy and history with the domestic realism and humor of her Bastable books-\u003ci\u003eThe Story of the Treasure Seekers\u003c\/i\u003e (1899), \u003ci\u003eThe Wouldbegoods\u003c\/i\u003e (1901), and \u003ci\u003eThe New Treasure Seekers\u003c\/i\u003e (1904)-the books that established her reputation as one of England's preeminent writers for children. By doing so, she not only earned popularity with several generations of child readers, but she also established her claim to a position in the pantheon of important writers for children.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe essays collected in this volume celebrate the completion of the Psammead trilogy. Written by both established and new scholars in England, Canada, and the United States, these essays employ differing critical strategies and place Nesbit in various contexts to assess her achievement. In producing books with memorable comic moments, character-testing adventures, plausible child characters with real feelings and real limitations, and interesting and challenging thematic material, Nesbit produced in the Psammead trilogy books that children still read with enjoyment. Such fantasies truly are classics of children's literature. Teachers and students of children's literature and of British literature and culture will find this a valuable guide to critically reviewing and enjoying Nesbit's works.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55168648806774,"sku":"9780810854017","price":82.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_36399813.jpg?v=1770274711","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780810854017-e-nesbits-psammead-trilogy-a-childrens-classic-at-100","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}