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Arc Humanities Press Children’s Literature and Old Norse Medievalism
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University of South Carolina Press Harry Potter and Beyond: On J. K. Rowling's Fantasies and Other Fictions
Book SynopsisHarry Potter and Beyond explores J. K. Rowling's beloved best-selling series and its virtuoso reimagining of British literary traditions. Weaving together elements of fantasy, the school-story novel, detective fiction, allegory, and bildungsroman, the Harry Potter novels evade simplistic categorization as children's or fantasy literature. Because the Potter series both breaks new ground and adheres to longstanding narrative formulas, readers can enhance their enjoyment of these epic adventures by better understanding their place in literary history.Along with the seven foundational novels of the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and Beyond assesses the extraordinary range of supplementary material concerning the young wizard and his allies, including the films of the books, the subsequent film series of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, the theatrical spectacle Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, and a range of other Potter-inspired narratives. Beyond the world of Potter, Pugh surveys Rowling's literary fiction The Casual Vacancy and her detective series featuring Cormoran Strike, written under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. Through this comprehensive overview of Rowling's body of work, Pugh reveals the vast web of connections between yesteryear's stories and Rowling's vivid creations.Trade ReviewContextualizing Rowling's works within and beyond the Harry Potter franchise in terms of genre, ideology, critical response, and artistic achievement, Tison Pugh's new book offers an informed, appreciative, and approachable assessment."—Claudia Nelson, Texas A&M University"In his eminently readable Harry Potter and Beyond, Tison Pugh offers keen insights into race, gender, queerness, and especially genre as he illuminates Rowling's fantasy fiction and also her mystery novels."—Beverly Clark, Wheaton College"This engaging and well-researched book explains how J. K. Rowling builds on five key literary genres and does a brilliant job illuminating those genres, such that the book is both an overview of Harry Potter as literature and an introduction to literature by way of Harry Potter. Highly recommended."—Kenneth Kidd, University of Florida
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Boydell & Brewer Ltd Coming of Age in the Afro-Latin American Novel:
Book SynopsisExplores the dimensions of the coming-of-age novel in the Spanish-speaking Caribbean and Brazil, focusing on works by eight major Afro-Latin American writers The centuries-old European genre of the coming-of-age story has been transformed by contemporary Afro-Latin American novelists to address key aspects of the diaspora in various nations of the Caribbean and Latin America. While attention to Afro-Hispanic and Afro-Brazilian literature has increased in recent decades, few critics have focused specifically on the Afro-Latin American Bildungsroman, and fewer still have addressed novels from both Spanish- and Brazilian-speaking regions, as author Bonnie Wasserman does in this study. The memory and continuing impact of slavery especially shape these coming-of-age stories. Often interwoven with race is a focus on religion, particularly the importance of African folk religions and traditions in the lives of young people. Immigration-and the return journey-is another important theme in the novels. Coming of Age in the Afro-Latin American Novel discusses works&emdash;all published around the turn of the 21st century&emdash;by such important writers as Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa and Mayra Santos-Febres (from Puerto Rico), Conceição Evaristo and Paulo Lins (from Brazil); Teresa Cardenas and Pedro Pérez Sarduy (from Cuba); and Junot Diaz and Rita Indiana (from the Dominican Republic). Wasserman's far-reaching analysis is both rigorous and compassionate, shedding a clear light on ways in which descendants of Africans have experienced life in the New World.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Intergenerational Bildungsroman in Daughters of the Stone and Ponciá Vicencio 2. The Epistolary Afro-Cuban Bildungsroman 3. Boys to Men: Masculinity in The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao and City of God 4. Reinventing the Afro-Latin American Bildungsroman Conclusion Bibliography Index
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Wilfrid Laurier University Press Childrens Literature and Imaginative Geography
Book SynopsisWhere do children travel when they read a story? In this collection, scholars and authors explore the imaginative geography of a wide range of places, from those of Indigenous myth to the fantasy worlds of Middle-earth, Earthsea, or Pacificus, from the semi-fantastic Wild Wood to real-world places like Canada's North, Chicago's World Fair, or the modern urban garden. What happens to young protagonists who explore new worlds, whether fantastic or realistic? What happens when Old World and New World myths collide? How do Indigenous myth and sense of place figure in books for the young? How do environmental or post-colonial concerns, history, memory, or even the unconscious affect an author's creation of place? How are steampunk and science fiction mythically re-enchanting for children?Imaginative geography means imaged earth writing: it creates what readers see when they enter the world of fiction. Exploring diverse genres for children, including picture books, fantasy, steampunk, and realistic novels as well as plays from Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Ireland from the early nineteenth century to the present, Children's Literature and Imaginative Geography provides new geographical perspectives on children's literature.
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Liverpool University Press Didactics and the Modern Robinsonade: New
Book SynopsisDidactics and the Modern Robinsonade examines modern and contemporary Robinsonade texts written for young readers, looking specifically at the ways in which later adaptations of the Robinson Crusoe story subvert both traditional narrative structures and particular ideological codes within the genre. This collection redresses both the gender and geopolitical biases that have characterized most writings within the Robinsonade genre since its inception, and includes chapters on little-known works of fiction by female authors, as well as works from outside the mainstream of Anglo-American culture.Trade Review'Ian Kinane discerns the beginnings of a post-colonial didactics entering the Robinsonade […] Kinane is marking a significant shift away from the Euro-centric Robinsonade’s allegiance to the colonialist ideology that undergrided the genre for two centuries. […] The young reader, viewing the world through Karana or Friday’s eyes, perceives the perversions and injustices of imperial power.'Susan Naramore Maher, Children’s Literature Association QuarterlyTable of ContentsForeword: The Progressive Pedagogies of the Modern Robinsonade - Andrew O’MalleyIntroduction: The Robinsonade Genre and the Didactic Impulse: A Reassessment - Ian Kinane1. ‘What a Crusoe crowd we shall make!’: Destabilizing Imperialist Attitudes to Space in G. Warren Payne’s Three Boys in Antarctica - Sinead Moriarty2. Borrowing (from) Crusoe: Library Books and Identity Formation in the Irish Free State - Mairéad Mooney and Clíona Ó Gallchoir3. Navigating Nationhood, Gender, and the Robinsonade in The Dreams of Myfanwy - Siwan M. Rosser4. Call it Courage and the Survival of the Imperial Robinsonade - Clive Barnes5. Shifting Perspectives in Two Mid-Twentieth Century Robinsonades - Ian Kinane6. Between Communitas and Pantheism: Terry Pratchett’s Nation as a Post-Christian Robinsonade for a Post-Colonial World - Anja Höing7. Romance, the Robinsonade, and the Cultivation of Adolescent Female Desire in Libba Bray’s Beauty Queens - Amy Hicks
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Liverpool University Press Didactics and the Modern Robinsonade: New
Book SynopsisDidactics and the Modern Robinsonade examines modern and contemporary Robinsonade texts written for young readers, looking specifically at the ways in which later adaptations of the Robinson Crusoe story subvert both traditional narrative structures and particular ideological codes within the genre. This collection redresses both the gender and geopolitical biases that have characterized most writings within the Robinsonade genre since its inception, and includes chapters on little-known works of fiction by female authors, as well as works from outside the mainstream of Anglo-American culture.Trade Review'Ian Kinane discerns the beginnings of a post-colonial didactics entering the Robinsonade […] Kinane is marking a significant shift away from the Euro-centric Robinsonade’s allegiance to the colonialist ideology that undergrided the genre for two centuries. […] The young reader, viewing the world through Karana or Friday’s eyes, perceives the perversions and injustices of imperial power.'Susan Naramore Maher, Children’s Literature Association QuarterlyTable of ContentsForeword: The Progressive Pedagogies of the Modern Robinsonade - Andrew O’MalleyIntroduction: The Robinsonade Genre and the Didactic Impulse: A Reassessment - Ian Kinane1. ‘What a Crusoe crowd we shall make!’: Destabilizing Imperialist Attitudes to Space in G. Warren Payne’s Three Boys in Antarctica - Sinead Moriarty2. Borrowing (from) Crusoe: Library Books and Identity Formation in the Irish Free State - Mairéad Mooney and Clíona Ó Gallchoir3. Navigating Nationhood, Gender, and the Robinsonade in The Dreams of Myfanwy - Siwan M. Rosser4. Call it Courage and the Survival of the Imperial Robinsonade - Clive Barnes5. Shifting Perspectives in Two Mid-Twentieth Century Robinsonades - Ian Kinane6. Between Communitas and Pantheism: Terry Pratchett’s Nation as a Post-Christian Robinsonade for a Post-Colonial World - Anja Höing7. Romance, the Robinsonade, and the Cultivation of Adolescent Female Desire in Libba Bray’s Beauty Queens - Amy Hicks
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Boydell & Brewer Ltd Malory's Magic Book: King Arthur and the Child,
Book SynopsisAn examination of the numerous adaptations of Malory's Morte Darthur for children in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. From the time when the writer J.T. Knowles first adapted Thomas Malory's Morte Darthur for a juvenile audience in 1862, there has been a strong connection between children and the Arthurian legend. Between 1862 and 1980, numerous adaptations of the Morte were produced for a young audience in Britain and America. They participated in cultural dialogues relating to the medieval, literary heritage, masculine development, risk, adventure and mental health through their reworking of the narrative. Covering texts by J.T. Knowles, Sidney Lanier, Howard Pyle, T.H. White, Roger Lancelyn Green, Alice Hadfield, John Steinbeck and Susan Cooper, among others, this volume explores how books for children frequently become books about children, and consequently books about the contiguity and separation of the adult and the child. Against the backdrop of Victorian medievalism, imperialism, the rise of child psychology and two world wars, the diverse ways in which Malory's text has been altered with a child reader in mind reveals changing ideas regarding the relevance of King Arthur, and the complex relationship between authors and their imagined juvenile readers. It reveals the profoundly fantasised figures behind literary representations of childhood, and the ways in which Malory's timeless tale, and the figure of King Arthur, have inspiredand shaped these fantasies. Dr ELLY MCCAUSLAND is Senior Lecturer in British and American literature at the University of Oslo.Trade ReviewA valuable addition to the study of the reception of Malory and of his place in the development of children's lit as a field, but could also be read by anyone interested in the formation of English literary canons. * ANGLIA *McCausland (British and American literature, Univ. of Oslo, Norway) provides a thoughtful exploration of various adaptations of Malory's 15th-century Mort D'Arthur into children's editions, ranging from James Knowles's 1862 The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights to John Steinbeck's 1976 adaption The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights. * CHOICE *[R]epresents an excellent piece of scholarship and should serve as an important piece of research within Arthuriana. * CHILDREN'S LITERATURE ASSOCIATION QUARTERLY *Table of ContentsIntroduction 'Ever fresh and fascinating to the boy and girl of today': the timeless child and the childish medieval in nineteenth-century Arthuriana Risk and revenue: adventurous Arthurian masculinities in the work of Howard Pyle and Henry Gilbert The ill-made adult and the mother's curse: psychoanalysing the Arthurian child in T. H. White's The Once and Future King 'Monty Python was not that far away': the instability of 1950s Arthuriana for children 'For a little while a magician': potent childish fantasies in John Steinbeck's Acts of King Arthur and his Noble Knights Conclusion: At the crossing-places Bibliography
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Equinox Publishing Ltd Reading Visual Narratives: Image Analysis of
Book SynopsisContemporary children's picture books provide a rich domain for developing theory and analysis of visual meaning and its relation to accompanying verbal text. This book offers new descriptions of the visual strand of meaning in picture book narratives as a way of furthering the project of 'multimodal' discourse analysis and of explaining the literacy demands and apprenticing techniques of children's earliest literature. The book uses the principles of systemic-functional theory to organise an explicit account of visual meaning in relation to three perspectives: the visual construction of the narrative events and characters (ideational meaning), the visual positioning of the reader through choices related to focalisation and appraisal (interpersonal meaning) and The book uses the principles of systemic-functional theory to organise an explicit account of visual meaning in relation to three perspectives: the visual construction of the narrative events and characters (ideational meaning), the visual positioning of the reader through choices related to focalisation and appraisal (interpersonal meaning) and the discourse organization of visual meanings through choices in framing and composition (compositional meaning). The descriptions throughout are illustrated with examples from highly regarded children's picture books. This book extends previous social-semiotic accounts of the 'grammar' of the image, by focussing attention on discourse level meanings and on semantic relationships created by sequences of images. At the same time, it extends current understandings of how picture books work through its explicit and systematic account of the visual meanings and their integration with verbal aspects of the texts. It will be of interest to researchers in (multimodal) discourse analysis, systemic-functional theory and children's literature and literacy.Table of ContentsChapter one: Reading the Visual in Children's Picture Books Chapter two: Enacting Social Relations Chapter three: Construing Representations Chapter four: Composing Visual Space Chapter five: Intermodality -- Image and Verbiage
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Enid Blyton: A Literary Life
Book SynopsisThis book is a study of the best-selling writer for children Enid Blyton (1897-1968) and provides a new account of her career. It draws on Blyton’s business correspondence to give a fresh account of a misunderstood figure who for forty years was one of Britain’s most successful and powerful authors. It examines Blyton’s rise to fame in the 1920s and considers the ways in which she managed her career as a storyteller, journalist and magazine editor. There is discussion of her most famous series including the Famous Five, the Secret Seven, Malory Towers and Noddy, but attention is also given to lesser-known works including the family stories she published to acclaim in the 1940s and early 1950s, as well as her attempts to become a dramatist. The book also discusses Blyton’s fluctuating critical reputation, how she and her works were received and how Blyton the person has fared at the hands of biographers and the media.Trade Review“Enid Blyton – A Literary Life is a well-researched and engaging review into the life and work of well-known children’s book author Enid Blyton. … Maunder has created a well-researched, engaging and informative discussion on the life of Enid Blyton. The reader is given insight into not only why she became such a major literary figure but also touches on the different faces of someone portrayed as having it all.” (Philip Jefferies, Children’s Books History Society, Newsletter, Issue 133, 2022)“Maunder covers Blyton's life, work and reputation in a readable, analytical and considered overview, concluding that Blyton is ‘a figure whose rehabilitation is long Overdue’. … Librarians began taking Blyton books off the shelf in libraries. In this latest volume, Maunder documents the reassessments of Blyton which have emerged in the last three decades. In doing so, he has judiciously established the framework for the continuing debate on Blyton's influence and her role in children's literature and publishing.” (Colin Steele, The Canberra Times, canberratimes.com.au, April 1, 2022)Table of Contents1. Introduction.- 2. Blyton and the Critics.- 3. Blyton’s Early Career.- 4. Homes.- 5. Wartime.- 6. Adventure.- 7. Austerity and Kenneth Waters.- 8. Blyton the Missionary.- 9. Blyton and Gender. - 10. Blyton and the 1950s.- 11. Blyton and the Theatre.- 12. Final Things.
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG On Disney: Deconstructing Images, Tropes and Narratives
Book SynopsisDisney – This name stands not only for a company that has had global reach from its early days, but also for a successful aesthetic programme and ideological positions that have had great commercial success but at the same time have been frequently criticised. Straddling traditionalism and modernism, Disney productions have proven adaptable to social discourses and technical and media developments throughout its history. This volume brings together scholars from several European countries to explore various dimensions that constitute ‘Disney.’ In line with current media and cultural studies research, the chapters deal with human-human and human-animal relations, gender and diversity, iconic characters and narratives, Disney’s contribution to cultural and visual heritage, and transmedial and transfictional spaces of experience and practices of participation associated with Disney story worlds.Table of ContentsHuman-Human and Human-Animal Relations.- Gender and Diversity.- Aspects of Cultural Heritage.- Iconic Characters and Narratives.- Immersive Experience, Reflexive Engagement.
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University of Hawaii Press Literature for Little Bodhisattvas
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Oxford University Press Planet Narnia The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of C. S. Lewis
Trade Review...remarkable thesis... * Tom Wright, Times Literary Supplement *Michael Ward has written a book whose 'donegality' is the medieval scholarship, the poetic craftsmanship, the philosophical acumen and the imaginative genius of the self-conciously Jovial Lewis himself. * Tom Wright, Times Literary Supplement *'Planet Narnia' is a valuable and excellently argued contribution to our understanding and enjoyment of the Nariad.Revelatory book. * Peter Costello, The Irish Catholic *Brilliant study. * Murrough O'Brian, Independent On Sunday. *
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Introducing Childrens Literature From Romanticism to Postmodernism
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The childrens book business Lessons from the Long Eighteenth Century Childrens Literature and Culture
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Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales) When Dreams Came True
Book SynopsisFor centuries fairy tales have been a powerful mode of passing cultural values onto our children, and for many these stories delight and haunt us from cradle to grave. But how have these stories become so powerful and why? In When Dreams Came True, Jack Zipes explains the social life of the fairy tale, from the sixteenth century on into the twenty-first. Whether exploring Charles Perrault or the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen or The Thousand and One Nights, The Happy Prince or Pinocchio, L. Frank Baum or Hermann Hesse, Zipes shows how the authors of our beloved fairy tales used the genre to articulate personal desires, political views, and aesthetic preferences within particular social contexts. Above all, he demonstrates the role that the fairy tale has assumed in the civilizing processthe way it imparts values, norms, and aesthetic taste to children and adults.This second edition of one of JaTrade Review"A fascinating social history of the uses and abuses to which fairy tales have been put in the course of their transformation from tales told orally by adults to adults into written (and frequently homogenized) bedtime stories parents read to the children. Zipes persuasively argues that fairy tales keep alive our ‘longing for a better world that can be created out of our dreams and actions’."—New York Times Book Review"Zipes has forged a career out of brilliant and subversive analyses of fairy tales...Intelligent and thoughtful fun, without deconstructing the land of Faerie into dust and ashes."—BooklistTable of ContentsPreface to the 2007 edition Preface to the 1999 Edition 1. Spells of Enchantment: An Overview of the History of Fairy Tales 2. The Rise of the French Fairy Tale and the Decline of France 3. The Splendor of the Arabian Nights 4. Once There Were Two Brothers Named Grimm 5. The "Merry" Dance of the Nutcracker: Discovering the World Through Fairy Tales 6. I'm Hans Christian Andersen 7. The Flowering of the Fairy Tale in Victorian England 8. Oscar Wilde's Tales of Illumination 9. Carlo Collodi's Pinocchio as Tragi-Comic Fairy Tale 10. Frank Stockton, American Pioneer of Fairy Tales 11. L. Frank Baum and the Utopian Spirit of Oz 12. Revisiting J.M. Barrie's Peter and Wendy and Neverland 13. Herman Hesse's Fairy Tales and the Pursuit of Home Bibliography Index
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Taylor & Francis Records of Girlhood An Anthology of NineteenthCentury Womens Childhoods The Nineteenth Century Series
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Talking Animals in British Childrens Fiction 17861914 The Nineteenth Century Series
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Folklore and the Fantastic in NineteenthCentury British Fiction
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Taylor & Francis Educating the Child in Enlightenment Britain
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Transcending Boundaries
Book SynopsisTranscending Boundaries: Writing for a Dual Audience of Children and Adults is a collection of essays on twentieth-century authors who cross the borders between adult and children''s literature and appeal to both audiences. This collection of fourteen essays by scholars from eight countries constitutes the first book devoted to the art of crosswriting the child and adult in twentieth-century international literature. Sandra Beckett explores the multifaceted nature of crossover literature and the diverse ways in which writers cross the borders to address a dual readership of children and adults. It considers classics such as Alice''s Adventures in Wonderland and Pinocchio, with particular emphasis on post-World War II literature. The essays in Transcending Boundaries clearly suggest that crossover literature is a major, widespread trend that appears to be sharply on the rise.Table of ContentsIntroduction Sandra L. Beckett Part I: Critics, Crosswriting, and the Canon 1. Authors do it, but so Critics? The Reception of Dual-Readership Authors in the Netherlands Helma van Lierop-Debrauwer 2. Crosswriting as a Criterion for Canonicity: The Case of Erich Kästner Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer 3. Crosswriting Child and Adult in France: Children’s Fiction for Adults? Adult Fiction for Children? Fiction for all Ages? Sandra L. Beckett 4. Children’s, Adult, Human…? Maria Nikalajeva Part II: Ages All? Parents, Play, and Picturebooks 5. The Double Attribution of Texts for Children and how it Affects Writing for Children Zohar Shavit 6. Dual Audience in Picturebooks Carole Scott 7. "Ages: All": Readers, Texts, and Intertexts in The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales Roderick McGillis Part III: Oppression, Repression, Subversion, Transgression: Crossover and Censorship 8. Writing for a Dual Audience in the Former Soviet Union: The Aesopean Children’s Literature of Kornei Chukovskii, Mikhail Zoshchenko, and Daniil Kharms Larissa Klein Tumanov 9. Crossing Borders from Africa to America Paula T. Connolly Part IV: Distinctions, Demarcations, and Double Address 10. "What happened?": The Holocaust Memoirs of Isabella Leitner Adrienne Kertzer 11. Maintaining Distinctions: Realism, Voice, and Subject Position in Australian Young Adult Fiction John Stephens Part V: Tradition and Innovation: Modernism, Postmodernism, and Beyond 12. Crossing Borders: Calvino in the Footprints of Collodi Alida Poeti 13. Two Crosswriting Authors: Carl Sandburg and Lennart Hellsing Lena Kåreland 14. Postmodernism is Over. Something Else is Here: What? Lissa Paul Bibliography Index
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Cambridge University Press Consumerism Amer Girl Lit 18601940 134 Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture Series Number 134
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Cambridge University Press The Child Reader 17001840
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Guide to Childrens Books in English Cambridge Reading S
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Cambridge University Press Childrens Fantasy Literature
Book SynopsisThis fascinating volume discusses a wide range of children's fantasy literature from the sixteenth century to the present, analysing key themes and ideas in important texts from across the English-speaking world. It features the work of Lewis Carroll, Frank Baum, C. S. Lewis, Roald Dahl and J. K. Rowling.Trade Review'Levy and Mendlesohn give a convincing explanation for a distinctively post-Second World War literature where children are unprotected, where they have agency and responsibility, where they face true and terrible evil. As time goes on, the stakes continue to rise. Compare Nesbit's world to Narnia - do our young protagonists have a small, limited quest to complete, or do we expect them to save the world?' Daniel Hahn, The Spectator'Children's Fantasy Literature: An Introduction is an immense work in scope and scholarship. As befits its authors, Michael Levy and Farah Mendlesohn - two prominent figures in the world of children's literature criticism - this latest work is a far-reaching feat that grasps the tenuous strings of the inception of both fantasy and children's literature and weaves them from the sixteenth through the twenty-first centuries into a tremendous narrative tapestry.' Joli Barham McClelland, Children's Literature Association Quarterly'Sharing their extensive knowledge of the topic, Michael Levy and Farah Mendlesohn have made a relevant contribution to the study of this field with their monograph Children's Fantasy Literature: An Introduction. Published in 2016 by Cambridge University Press, the book is a result of the continuing collaboration of the authors, their colleagues, and students … Levy and Mendlesohn have succeeded in finding a manner of expression which can easily be understood by scholars and experts, but also those whose knowledge of fantasy is not yet extensive.' Katarina Kralj, Libri & LiberiTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. How fantasy became children's literature; 2. Fairies, ghouls and goblins: the realms of Victorian fancy; 3. The American search for an American childhood; 4. British and Empire fantasy between the wars; 5. The changing landscape of post-war fantasy; 6. Folklore, fantasy and indigenous fantasy; 7. Middle-earth, medievalism and mythopoeic fantasy; 8. Harry Potter and children's fantasy since the 1990s; 9. Romancing the teen; Further reading.
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Cambridge University Press Childrens Fantasy Literature
Book SynopsisFantasy has been an important and much-loved part of children''s literature for hundreds of years, yet relatively little has been written about it. Children''s Fantasy Literature traces the development of the tradition of the children''s fantastic - fictions specifically written for children and fictions appropriated by them - from the sixteenth to the twenty-first century, examining the work of Lewis Carroll, L. Frank Baum, C. S. Lewis, Roald Dahl, J. K. Rowling and others from across the English-speaking world. The volume considers changing views on both the nature of the child and on the appropriateness of fantasy for the child reader, the role of children''s fantasy literature in helping to develop the imagination, and its complex interactions with issues of class, politics and gender. The text analyses hundreds of works of fiction, placing each in its appropriate context within the tradition of fantasy literature.Trade Review'Levy and Mendlesohn give a convincing explanation for a distinctively post-Second World War literature where children are unprotected, where they have agency and responsibility, where they face true and terrible evil. As time goes on, the stakes continue to rise. Compare Nesbit's world to Narnia - do our young protagonists have a small, limited quest to complete, or do we expect them to save the world?' Daniel Hahn, The Spectator'Children's Fantasy Literature: An Introduction is an immense work in scope and scholarship. As befits its authors, Michael Levy and Farah Mendlesohn - two prominent figures in the world of children's literature criticism - this latest work is a far-reaching feat that grasps the tenuous strings of the inception of both fantasy and children's literature and weaves them from the sixteenth through the twenty-first centuries into a tremendous narrative tapestry.' Joli Barham McClelland, Children's Literature Association Quarterly'Sharing their extensive knowledge of the topic, Michael Levy and Farah Mendlesohn have made a relevant contribution to the study of this field with their monograph Children's Fantasy Literature: An Introduction. Published in 2016 by Cambridge University Press, the book is a result of the continuing collaboration of the authors, their colleagues, and students … Levy and Mendlesohn have succeeded in finding a manner of expression which can easily be understood by scholars and experts, but also those whose knowledge of fantasy is not yet extensive.' Katarina Kralj, Libri & LiberiTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. How fantasy became children's literature; 2. Fairies, ghouls and goblins: the realms of Victorian fancy; 3. The American search for an American childhood; 4. British and Empire fantasy between the wars; 5. The changing landscape of post-war fantasy; 6. Folklore, fantasy and indigenous fantasy; 7. Middle-earth, medievalism and mythopoeic fantasy; 8. Harry Potter and children's fantasy since the 1990s; 9. Romancing the teen; Further reading.
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Penguin Putnam Inc We Beat the Street
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The University of Michigan Press The LeftHanded Story
Book SynopsisExpounds on topics such as the origins and meaning of inspiration, the astonishing and mysterious powers of the litany form in poetry, writing about love, an essay on fairy tales, and an interview with Harry Roseman, an assistant to the artist and filmmaker Joseph Cornell.
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Schiffer Publishing Ltd Into the Pensieve
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University of Arizona Press Resistance and Survival
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Johns Hopkins University Press Imaginary Citizens
Book SynopsisCourtney Weikle-Mills discusses such characters as Goody Two-Shoes, Ichabod Crane, and Tom Sawyer in terms of how they reflect these conflicting ideals.Trade ReviewThis tightly argued and convincing book reflects the extraordinary ambiguity that has almost always surfaced in thinking and writing for and about children, and it shows the extent to which the study of history and literature can inform each other. -- James Marten Journal of American History Well researched and engaging, filled with both factual information and insightful analysis. -- Chris Nesmith Children's Literature Association Quarterly This book is impressive for its breadth of scholarship, and it should stimulate discussion among its intended audience of academics and advanced undergraduates about children and childhood as metaphors for how citizenship was, and can be, defined. -- Gail Schmunk Murray New England Quarterly Weikle-Mills provides a fascinating new way to look at American conceptions of citizenship... Historians of childhood will find this book useful, as will anyone who wants to understand the changing position of children and the concept of responsible citizenship. -- Nancy Hathaway Steenburg American Historical Review The main strengths of Imaginary Citizens are its clarity of expression, explicit definition of terms, and easy interaction with multiple fields, including children's literature, early American literary, religious and political studies. The Year's Work in English Studies Weikle-Mills's rich investigation of connections between child readers and political empowerment significantly contributes to both the study of children's literature and the study of American social and political history. -- Thomas Fair Rocky Mountain Review of Language and LiteratureTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: From Subjects to Citizens: The Politics of Childhood and Children's Literature1. Youth as a Time of Choice: Children's Reading in Colonial New England2. Affectionate Citizenship: Educating Child Readers for a New Nation3. Child Readers of the Novel: The Problem of Childish Citizenship4. Reading for Social Profit: Economic Citizenship as Children's Citizenship5. Natural Citizenship: Children, Slaves, and the Book of NatureConclusion: The Legacy of the Fourteenth Amendment: LimitedThinking on Children's CitizenshipNotesIndex
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Simon & Schuster Wild Things The Joy of Reading Childrens
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Cornell University Press Do Elephants Have Knees
Book SynopsisThinking whimsically makes serious science accessible. That's a message that should be taken to heart by all readers who want to learn about evolution. Do Elephants Have Knees? invites readers into serious appreciation of Darwinian histories by deploying the playful thinking found in children's books. Charles R. Ault Jr. weds children's literature to recent research in paleontology and evolutionary biology. Inquiring into the origin of origins stories, Ault presents three portraits of Charles Darwincurious child, twentysomething adventurer, and elderly worm scientist. Essays focusing on the origins of tetrapods, elephants, whales, and birds explain fundamental Darwinian concepts (natural selection, for example) with examples of fossil history and comparative anatomy. The imagery of the children's story offers a way to remember and recreate scientific discoveries. By juxtaposing Darwin's science with tales for children, Do Elephants Have Knees? underscores the imTrade Review"In Do Elephants Have Knees?, Charles R. Ault Jr. takes a unique approach, bringing together juvenile literature with a wide range of literature from science, history, education, and psychology. This is an important work for science education because the author weaves together scientific knowledge with the appropriate historical context. This book will find an audience not only among science educators but also among well-educated and curiosity-driven general readers who thrive on connections among disciplines." -- Roberta Johnson, Executive Director, National Earth Science Teachers AssociationTable of ContentsIntroduction. Wonderful Relationships: Darwinian Stories of Origins 1. "Curtiosity's" Child: Bobby Darwin’s Impertinent Early Years 2. Darwin and the Pampas Pirates: Adventure in Search of Treasure 3. Fossils, Fools & Faults: Rounding South America 4. Irritating Worms: The Elderly Darwin Fascinated by the Intelligence of Worms 5. A Lungfish Walked into the Zoo: On the Origin of Limbs from Lobe-Fins 6. Out on a Limb: Sketching Bone by Bone from Joint to Joint at the Zoo 7. Nosey Elephants: A Tale of Trunks and Tusks 8. The Bearduck of Baleen: On the Origin of New Traits from Existing Ones 9. The Saga of Mooshmael: The Logic of Family Relationships 10. The Higgledy-Piggledy Whale: Leviathan’s Walk, Paddle, and Gallop to the Sea 11. Archaic Chickengators: Amniotic Archosaur Ancestors of Dinosaurs and Birds 12. Coral Pigs and Tide Pool Sheep: Novel Selections of Behavior and Anatomy Epilogue. Femurs and Footprints: On the Trail of Megabeasts
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University of Minnesota Press Pipers at the Gates of Dawn: The Wisdom of Children's Literature
Book SynopsisJonathan Cott’s reflections and conversations with six celebrated children’s authors—now in a new edition Pipers at the Gates of Dawn is a unique ensemble bringing together Jonathan Cott’s encounters and conversations with some of the most celebrated children’s authors of the twentieth century. “Children’s literature,” he states, “brings us back to experiencing our earliest and deepest feelings and truths. It is our link to the past and a path to the future. And in it we find ourselves.” Cott’s firm belief is that children’s literature can impart wisdom and delight to everyone, and he believes that the masterpieces of children’s literature are simply masterpieces of literature in miniature, conveyors of wisdom and wonder.Pipers at the Gates of Dawn consists of Cott’s essay-interviews with Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel), Maurice Sendak, William Steig, Astrid Lindgren, Chinua Achebe, P. L.Travers, and with Iona and Peter Opie, the great scholars of the lore, games, and language of schoolchildren. He explores with the authors themselves the lives of their created characters and the character of their own lives. All share with Cott an impassioned sense of the richness and complexity of childhood, and of the enduring importance of children’s literature in the lives of all of us.Trade Review"A fascinating exploration of the world of children’s literature by one of the very cleverest and most original journalists writing in English today."—Jan Morris"Pipers at the Gates of Dawn is not a winsome foray into the saccharine world of childhood books and pleasant chats with their grandmotherly authors. Instead, this book is a serious, even profound study of complex writers and the depths concealed under the hard-wrought simplicity of their stories. It should be put on the shelf next to another milestone book—Bruno Bettelheim’s The Uses of Enchantment—because it shows that childhoods are our common ground, lasting in their influences and as wide as they are deep."—Jerry Griswold, Los Angeles Times Book Review"In Jonathan Cott, children’s books have acquired as literate, as receptive, and as articulate a spokesman as the most exacting devotee of the literature could wish. . . . Lucky the authors who find such a critic. And lucky the readers who find essays as intelligent, as penetrating as these to take them nearer the subtle beauties and unexpected complexities of the great books for children."—Anne Scott MacLeod, The Washington Post"Jonathan Cott’s fascinating talk with P. L. Travers, chiefly on the Buddhist/transcendental play of ideas in her work, is one of six interviews with authors in this lyrical exploration of children’s literature. The book is at once an escorted journey into myths of passage and renewal, and a Mary Poppins carpetbag compendium of the history of children’s literature and literary biography."—Hope Cooke (former queen of Sikkim), Chicago Sun-Times"A book, as serious as it is delightful, about a subject no less serious, no less delightful. The chapter on the Opies is in itself worth the entrance fee. How I wish parents by the tens of thousands could read it and make it part of themselves."—Clifton Fadiman
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Fulcrum Publishing Teaching Art with Books Kids Love: Art Elements,
Book SynopsisUsing award-winning books, Frohardt teaches realism, surrealism, expressionism, naive, and cartoon. Complete directions, enhanced by liberal illustrations, make this a user-friendly resource for grades 3-6.
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Grolier Club of New York One Hundred Books Famous in Children`s Literature
Book SynopsisFor her gorgeously illustrated and deeply researched contribution to the prestigious Grolier Hundred series, Chris Loker has assembled one hundred of the best known and most admired children’s books from the English language canon of classics. Organized chronologically, One Hundred Books Famous in Children’s Literature invites readers to follow the development of books written for children and printed between 1650 and 2000—from early forms of instructional primers and devotional readers, to exuberantly entertaining nursery rhymes, fairy tales, children’s novels and works of verse. Also represented are alphabets, folktales, fables, and legends; a touch-and-feel book, a rebus book, a pop-up book, and, of course, picture books. Supplementing the informative essays that accompany each selection are illuminating contributions by five internationally recognized experts in children’s literature: Brian Alderson, Nick Clark, Andrea Immel, Jill Shefrin, and Justin Schiller. This charming and intellectually stimulating volume, accessibly written to appeal to both scholars and the general public, has quickly become the classic checklist for book collectors, scholars, and anyone who loves children’s literature.Trade Review"Smart, lovingly written." * New York Times *"Child lit for the ages." * Wall Street Journal *"A sumptuous volume." * Times Literary Supplement *
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Sasquatch Books Better With Books: 500 Diverse Books to Open
Book SynopsisNeeded now more than ever: a guide that includes 500 diverse contemporary fiction and memoir recommendations for preteens and teens with the goal of inspiring greater empathy for themselves, their peers, and the world around them. As young people are diagnosed with anxiety and depression in increasing numbers, or dealing with other issues that can isolate them from family and friends-such as bullying, learning disabilities, racism, or homophobia-characters in books can help them feel less alone. And just as important, reading books that feature a diverse range of real-life topics helps generate openness, empathy, and compassion in all kids. Better with Books is a valuable resource for parents, teachers, librarians, therapists, and all caregivers who recognize the power of literature to improve young readers' lives. Each chapter explores a particular issue affecting preteens and teens today and includes a list of recommended related books-all published within the last decade. Recommendations are grouped by age: those appropriate for middle-grade readers and those for teens. Reading lists are organized around: Adoption and foster care Body image Immigration Learning challenges LGBTQIA+ youth Mental health Nature and environmentalism Physical disability Poverty and homelessness Race and ethnicity Religion and spiritualityTrade Review"An essential resource for parents, librarians, teachers, and all who help guide our teens and preteens: the reading list topics speak precisely to the kinds of issues they face every day. Reading fiction and memoir offers them another way to expand their understanding of themselves and develop empathy for others--both of which are vitally important in an increasingly complex world." --Nancy Pearl, bestselling author of Book Lust, librarian, and literary critic "The right book read at the right time can change a life, and that's why Better with Books belongs in every library. Timely, compassionate, and wise, this is a remarkable reference guide." --Katherine Applegate, Newberry Medal award-winning author of The One and Only Ivan "If you're a parent of tweens or teens, or you work with them, Better with Books is an absolute must-have reference book. Essays about important topics, such as body image, mental health, and race, are brimming with personal stories, author interviews, and other helpful information. You'll also find five hundred recommended books for preteens and teens organized by topic, with summaries of each title. This gem needs to be on your bookshelf!" --Donna Gephart, award-winning author of Lily and Dunkin and In Your Shoes "Stories heal, bind, illuminate, and guide us. As an educator always searching for stories to help support and aid my students, I need a guide as thorough and essential as Better with Books. This will definitely sit on my shelf adorned with many Post-it notes!" --An Na, award-winning author of A Step from Heaven and The Place Between Breaths "This book is incredibly insightful, organized, and detailed. Hart delivers a wonderful, diverse series of lists and summaries that would be an excellent addition to any home, library, or classroom." --Peter Brown Hoffmeister, author of the National Book Award-nominated Too Shattered for Mending "Authors write for many reasons, but one of the most important is to let readers know that whatever difficulty they face, they're not alone. Few tweens and teens are willing to expose their vulnerabilities, and that is as it should be. But when they see their struggles in story--when they come upon a character with whom they feel true kinship--their sense of isolation recedes. We live in a culture where differences that should be celebrated are often not. Kids find truth in story, and often they find answers. Better with Books is a comprehensive guide for educators, parents, and anyone looking to find just the right book for a preteen or teen." --Chris Crutcher, award-winning author of Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes and Whale Talk
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Universitatsverlag Winter Von Pionieren Und Piraten: Der Defa-Kinderfilm in
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Universitatsverlag Winter Political Changes and Transformations in
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Universitatsverlag Winter South African Young Adult Literature in English,
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£42.00
Universitatsverlag Winter Verjungte Antike: Griechisch-Romische Mythologie
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£54.00
V&R Unipress Wissensvermittlung in Der Kinder- Und
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£81.00
V&R unipress GmbH Ost-westlicher Kulturtransfer in der deutschsprachigen Kinder- und Jugendliteratur
Book SynopsisDer Band erkundet den wenig beachteten kulturellen Transfer in der deutschsprachigen Kinder- und Jugendliteratur und ihren Medien mit Mittel-, Südost- und Osteuropa. Es wird der Frage nachgegangen, wie sich der Austausch auf dem Buchmarkt vollzieht und wie kinder- und jugendliterarische Texte dabei sprachlich, diskursiv oder ideologisch adaptiert werden. Ins Blickfeld rücken die Semantik und Pragmatik des Übersetzens, die Rolle von multilingualen Vermittler: innen sowie mediale Aspekte der Illustrationskunst. Die Beiträge diskutieren kulturelle Aneignungsprozesse und Asymmetrien, die Spezifik bilateraler Literaturbeziehungen sowie die Wirkungsgeschichte einzelner Werke.The volume explores the cultural transfer in German Children's and Young Adult Literature with Central, Southeastern and Eastern Europe. So far, this process has received little attention. The volume therefore aims to provide insight into the complex circulation of literature on the book market and into the linguistic, discursive or ideological adaptation of the texts for children und young adults. In detail, it charts the processual logic of both selection and translation, the role of multilingual literary ambassadors and the aspects of illustration practice. The thorough analysis of cultural intersections and asymmetries allows conclusions about the popularity of certain works, the dynamics of their reception, and, above all, the specificity of literary relations.
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