Peter Mason Opie (1918 – 1982) and Iona Archibald Opie (born Iona Archibald, 1923 - ) were a husband-and-wife team of folklorists, who applied modern techniques to children's literature, summarized in their studies, The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes (1951) and The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren (1959). Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Folkloristics is the formal academic study of Folklore. What actually constitutes folklore is disputed even within the discipline but generally folklore focuses on the Children's literature is an age category of literature written for published for or marketed to Children roughly through age 12 They are also noted anthologists, and assembled large collections of children's literature, toys and games. ANThology is the first Major label album by Alien Ant Farm released on March 6, 2001 in the USA and March 19
Peter, who was educated at Eton College, was an English specialist in children's literature, and the customs of schoolchildren. Eton College, or just Eton, is a world-famous British Independent school for boys founded in 1440 by King Henry VI. Children's literature is an age category of literature written for published for or marketed to Children roughly through age 12 He was joint winner of the £1000 Chosen Books competition, with his autobiographical discursion The Case of Being a Young Man (published in paperback, 1946).
Iona is a world-renowned researcher and writer on European folklore and children's street culture. History The concept of folklore developed as part of the 19th century ideology of Romantic nationalism, leading to the reshaping of oral traditions to serve modern ideological Children's street culture refers to the cumulative Culture created by young Children. She is considered an authority on children's rhymes, street & playground games and the Mother Goose tradition. This article is about the poetic technique For the form of ice see Rime ice. Mother Goose is a well-known figure in the Literature of Fairy tales and Nursery rhymes Mother Goose is best known in the United States, in the
The couple met and married during World War II. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including They worked together closely, from their home in Alton, Hampshire, conducting primary fieldwork, as well as library research, and interviewing thousands of children. Alton is a small market town in Hampshire, England, to the southwest of Farnham. Wildlife Hampshire has wildlife typical of the island of Great Britain In pursuing the folklore of contemporary childhood they directly recorded rhymes and games as they were currently being played. They collaborated on a number of celebrated books and, combined, produced over 30 works. Peter Mason Opie (1918 &ndash 1982 and Iona Archibald Opie (born Iona Archibald, 1923 -) were a husband-and-wife team of Folklorists who applied modern
The Opies' collection of children's books and ephemera covers the 16th to 20th century and is the richest library of children's literature. It was begun in 1944, amounting in the end to 20,000 pieces. During 1988, it was donated to the Bodleian Library at Oxford University, after a two-year public appeal raised the £500,000 cost; currently, the books are being transferred to microfiche. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) The Bodleian Library ( the main Research library of the University of Oxford, is one of the oldest libraries in Europe, and in England The University of Oxford (informally "Oxford University" or simply "Oxford" located in the city of Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is the Microforms are any form either films or paper containing microreproductions of documents for transmission storage reading and printing Their large collection of historic toys and games is still owned by Iona Opie.
Selected Works
- Peter Opie, author, 1946. The Case of Being a Young Man, a discursion (Chosen Books, competition prize winner)
- Iona and Peter Opie, collectors and editors, 1947. I Saw Esau: Traditional Rhymes of Youth (Williams & Norgate Ltd)
- Iona and Peter Opie, editors, 1951. The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes (Oxford University Press)
- Iona and Peter Opie, editors, 1959. The Lore and Language of Schoolchildren (Oxford University Press)
- Iona and Peter Opie, editors, 1974. The Classic Fairy Tales (Oxford University Press). Presents the texts of twenty-four familiar fairy tales as they were first published in English; summarizes the history of each tale, especially from the textual point of view.
- Iona and Peter Opie, 1985. The Singing Game (Oxford University Press).
- Iona and Peter Opie, Maurice Sendak illustrations, 1992. I Saw Esau: The Schoolchild's Pocket Book (Walker Books, London)
- Iona Opie, 1993. The People in the Playground (Oxford University Press, USA)
- Iona Opie, 1996. My Very First Mother Goose (Cambridge, Mass:Candlewick)
- Iona Opie, 1999. Here Comes Mother Goose (Cambridge, Mass:Candlewick)
- Iona and Peter Opie, 2000. I Saw Esau: The Schoolchild's Pocket Book (Cambridge, Mass:Candlewick)
See also
References
- Gillian Avery and Julia Briggs, editors, 1989. Truce terms are words or short phrases accepted within a community of children as an effective way of calling for a temporary respite or truce during a game or activity if for example Children's street culture refers to the cumulative Culture created by young Children. Gillian (Elise Avery is a British children’s novelist and literary historian Children and Their Books: A Celebration of the Work of Iona and Peter Opie (Oxford University Press)
- The Peter & Iona Opie Collection of Folklore and Related Topics
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