{"product_id":"rereading-childhood-books-a-poetics-bloomsbury-perspectives-on-childrens-literature-9781350178236","title":"Rereading Childhood Books A Poetics Bloomsbury Perspectives on Childrens Literature","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlison Waller\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Lecturer at the University of Roehampton, UK. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eConstructions of Adolescence in Fantastic Realism\u003c\/i\u003e (2009).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRereading Childhood Books\u003c\/i\u003e offers a rich and sophisticated account of the many ways in which our reading lives are woven into our regular daily existence, not just at any particular moment but over a reading lifetime…[Waller’s] evocation of the reading scene, the life space, and the affective traces that allow a childhood book to resonate throughout a lifetime is potent and persuasive. Her argument that children's literature (using the term broadly to include that paracanon as well as the masterpieces) may resonate throughout a lifespan, through both memory and re-engagement in multiple readings, is highly significant and demonstrates the intellectual value of talking with readers as well as engaging with the texts…This is a volume that I am very glad to add to my shelf. * Professor Margaret Mackey, University of Alberta, Canada in Children’s Literature Association Quarterly *\u003cbr\u003eWaller’s is an open-ended exploration, a qualitative dipping of toes into a vast, virtually unmapped, and elusive territory. Benjamin’s depiction of memory work as a ‘cautious probing of spade in dark loam’ […] is an apt description of Waller’s own highly commendable undertaking. She tackles the subject through well-informed discussion of underlying concepts illuminated by teasing glimpses of personal memory. * Gillian Lathey, International Research in Children's Literature 2020 13:2, 350-353 *\u003cbr\u003eIn this fascinating study, Waller examines memory, emotional attachment (both positive and negative) to books, and lifelong learning through the lens of rereading favorite childhood books in adulthood … A must-read for any bibliophile or educator, this is a delightful examination of the ramifications of rereading. Summing Up: Essential. * CHOICE *\u003cbr\u003e[Waller] tackles the subject through well-informed discussion of underlying concepts illuminated by teasing glimpses of personal memory. * International Research in Children's Literature *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements   Introduction: Excavating Paracanons and the lifelong reading act Nostalgia, memoirs and re-memorying Experiments in rereading \u003ci\u003eRereading Childhood Books: A Poetics\u003c\/i\u003e  1. The reading scene Memory and the \u003ci\u003ereading scene\u003c\/i\u003e Childhood reading and reminiscence Childhood books and recollection Rereading and recognition Reconstructing through rereading Conclusion  2. The life space The \u003ci\u003elife space \u003c\/i\u003eand autotopography Co-reading Learning to read School and home Reading spaces Mapping reading Conclusion  3. Affective traces \u003ci\u003eAffective traces \u003c\/i\u003eand resonance Pleasures Passions Grief Fear Desire and boredom Conclusion   4. Rereading attitudes The uses of childhood books and \u003ci\u003erereading attitudes\u003c\/i\u003e Nostalgia Rereading with children As scholars Understanding literary life Conclusion  5. Transforming, misremembering, forgetting Transformed texts Material mismatches Translations and transmediations Forgetting and \u003ci\u003eanamnesis\u003c\/i\u003e Conclusion  Conclusion: The lifelong reading act Future directions Final words  Appendix: Paricipants Notes Bibliography Index","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52084833386839,"sku":"9781350178236","price":32.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350178236.jpg?v=1762207298","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/rereading-childhood-books-a-poetics-bloomsbury-perspectives-on-childrens-literature-9781350178236","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}