{"product_id":"philosophical-children-in-literary-situations-toward-a-phenomenology-of-childhood-9781793604521","title":"Philosophical Children in Literary Situations:","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhilosophical Children in Literary Situations: Toward a Phenomenology of Education argues that both phenomenology and children’s literature can assist one another in understanding the lived experience of children. Through careful readings of central figures in the phenomenological tradition, including Husserl, Heidegger, and Merleau-Ponty, Costello introduces both the novice and the scholar to the phenomenological method of describing community, emotion, religion, gender, and loss—experiences that are central to all humans, but especially to the developing child. When turning to literary analysis, Costello uses the phenomenological theory discussed to open up the literary texts of familiar and award-winning children’s chapter books toward new layers of interpretation, reading such novels as To Kill a Mockingbird, A Wrinkle in Time, and Charlotte’s Web to participate in ongoing conversations about childhood perception within children’s literature studies and philosophy for children. Scholars of philosophy, education, literary studies, and psychology will find this book particularly useful. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eReaders who recognize in a child’s experience not merely an imperfect attempt at adulthood—but, rather, a unique and profound expressivity—will cherish the work that Peter Costello has advanced in Philosophical Children in Literary Situations. Costello’s gracious and deeply insightful book engages with classics of children’s literature while providing multiple, lucid points of entry into a richly-layered phenomenological method. He writes not only for philosophers but also for educators, parents, and researchers seeking new ways of understanding the complexities of gender, race, meaning, and community that shape a child’s perceptual world. \u003c\/p\u003e -- Jessica Wiskus, Duquesne University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter One: Charlotte’s Web, Temporality, and the Transitions of Growth\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Two: Reading Russell Hoban’s The Mouse and His Child as a Phenomenology of Emotion and Community\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Three: A Phenomenology of Sexuality and Movement in To Kill a Mockingbird\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Four: A Phenomenology of Religious Experience in A Wrinkle In Time\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Five: Towards a Phenomenology of Education in Merci Suarez Changes Gears\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFurther Reading\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorks Cited\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042612838743,"sku":"9781793604521","price":72.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781793604521.jpg?v=1750954858","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/philosophical-children-in-literary-situations-toward-a-phenomenology-of-childhood-9781793604521","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}