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Louise Joy is Fellow and Director of Studies in English at Homerton College, University of Cambridge, UK. She is co-editor of The Aesthetics of Children's Poetry (2015) and Poetry and Childhood (2010).

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Critically robust enough for seasoned scholars yet easily understandable for those new to the subject, this volume will be indispensable for everyone who studies or teaches children's literature. * CHOICE *

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Introduction Part I: The Critical Child 1. Eighteenth-century poetry and the complexity of the child's mind 2. Laughter and the permission to critique Part II: The Art of Idealisation 3. On seeing: Kate Greenaway's Under the Window 4. On crying: E. Nesbit's The Railway Children 5. On being (bored): Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows 6. On talking: J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit 7. On loving: Malcolm Saville's Lone Pine Series Coda Works Cited Index

Literatures Children The Critical Child and the Art of Idealization Bloomsbury Perspectives on Childrens Literature

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      Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
      Publication Date: 1/21/2019 12:02:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781472577191, 978-1472577191
      ISBN10: 1472577191
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      Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 Literary studies: fiction

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Louise Joy is Fellow and Director of Studies in English at Homerton College, University of Cambridge, UK. She is co-editor of The Aesthetics of Children's Poetry (2015) and Poetry and Childhood (2010).

      Trade Review
      Critically robust enough for seasoned scholars yet easily understandable for those new to the subject, this volume will be indispensable for everyone who studies or teaches children's literature. * CHOICE *

      Table of Contents
      Introduction Part I: The Critical Child 1. Eighteenth-century poetry and the complexity of the child's mind 2. Laughter and the permission to critique Part II: The Art of Idealisation 3. On seeing: Kate Greenaway's Under the Window 4. On crying: E. Nesbit's The Railway Children 5. On being (bored): Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows 6. On talking: J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit 7. On loving: Malcolm Saville's Lone Pine Series Coda Works Cited Index

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