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David Severn (David Storr Unwin), Children’s Writer 1919-2010

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Bigger, Stephen (2010) David Severn (David Storr Unwin), Children’s Writer 1919-2010. N/A. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

David Severn, who has recently died (12 February 2010) was a popular children's writer in the 1940s and 1950s. Stephen Bigger has deposited his body of work (30 books) on loan as a collection in the University of Worcester Historic Collections. The pdf attachment is a description and discussion of this collection. His work has rarely been described outside of short accounts in specialist encyclopedias. Each of his books is included in this survey. No book is currently in print.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Updated editon of the original paper published in 2007. It is not currently proposed to produce this elsewhere.
Uncontrolled Discrete Keywords:	children's literature, books, series, adventure, time-slip, fiction
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > PZ Childrens literature P Language and Literature > PR English literature
Divisions:	College of Arts, Humanities and Education > School of Education
Depositing User:	Stephen Bigger
Date Deposited:	13 Nov 2007 14:13
Last Modified:	11 Jun 2024 13:59
URI:	https://eprints.worc.ac.uk/id/eprint/236

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