Catholicism and Children's Literature in France: The Comtesse De SGur (17991874)

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The first book-length history of the classic French children's author, the comtesse de Segur (1799-1874). Virtually unknown in the English-speaking world, in France Segur is a national icon and a cultural phenomenon. This study of her life and works will interest scholars of children's literature, gender studies, and nineteenth-century France. -- .

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A masterful essay...it will be impossible to claim knowledge of the comtesse de Sgur if you have not read Sophie Heywoods book

Rmi Saudray, review in Cahiers Sguriens, 10 (2012) pp. 161-167.

Heywood has made Sgur a figure of considerable interest to historians, not just biographers or literary scholars.

Sarah A. Curtis, French History, 2012

Winner of the 2012 University of Reading Research Endowment Trust Fund Best Research Output Prize

The strength of this informative and insightful book is its ability to contextualize the life story and the writings of the comtesse de Sgur without losing sight of the complexities that both present. Neither Sgurs life nor her writings were always consistent, yet in showing how they intersected with new ideas about childhood, a militant Catholic revival, new publishing strategies, and shifting notions of gender, Heywood hasmade Sgur a figure of considerable interest to historians, not just biographers or literary scholars.
Sarah A. Curtis, French History, vol 26, no 4, December 2012

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Sophie Heywood is Lecturer in French at the University of Reading