{"product_id":"modern-childrens-literature-an-introduction-9781137357458","title":"Modern Childrens Literature An Introduction","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCatherine Butler is Associate Professor of English Literature at the University of the West of England, UK. Kimberley Reynolds is Professor of Children's Literature at Newcastle University, UK.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'a useful addition to the study of children's literature in English.' - Valerie Coghlan, International Research Society for Children's Literature\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Contributors  List of Boxes  List of Figures  Acknowledgements  Introduction; Catherine Butler  PART I: MAPPING THE TERRITORY  1. The Classic and the Canon in Children's Literature; Peter Hunt  2. Fantasy in Children's Fiction; Farah Mendlesohn  3. Psychoanalytic Approaches to Children's Literature; David Rudd  4. Reading Contemporary Picture Books; Judith Graham  5. Poetry for Children; Michael Rosen  PART II: TEXTS AND GENRES  6. Family, Identity and Nationhood: Family Stories in Anglo-American Children's Literature, 1930-2000; Lucy Pearson  7. Theories of Genre and Gender: Change and Continuity in the School Story; Pat Pinsent  8. Literature of War: Comparative and Autobiographical Approaches; Gillian Lathey  9. Language, Genres and Issues: The Socially Committed Novel; Pat Pinsent  10. Past Settings, Contemporary Concerns: Feminist Historical Fiction in the Late Twentieth Century; Peter Bramwell  11. Postmodernism, New Historicism and Postcolonialism: Some Recent Historical Novels; Pat Pinsent  PART III: APPROACHES AND ISSUES  12. Chronotopes and Heritage: Time and Memory in Contemporary Children's Literature; Lisa Sainsbury  13. Childhood, Youth Culture and the Uncanny: Uncanny Nights in Contemporary Fiction for Young People; Lisa Sainsbury  14. Magic and Maturation: Uses of Magic in Fantasy Fiction; Peter Bramwell  15. Supermen, Cyborgs, Avatars and Geeks: Technology and the Human in Contemporary Young Adult Fiction; Richard Shakeshaft  16. Voicing Identity: The Dilemma of Narrative Perspective in Twenty-First-Century Young Adult Fiction; Maria Nikolajeva  Further Reading  Index.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769065734487,"sku":"9781137357458","price":28.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781137357458.jpg?v=1758719509","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/modern-childrens-literature-an-introduction-9781137357458","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}