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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451529703321

Autore

Knowles Murray <1948, >

Titolo

Language and control in children's literature / / Murray Knowles and Kirsten Malmkjaer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1996

ISBN

1-134-88435-4

0-585-44720-9

0-203-41975-8

1-280-32143-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

Malmkj�rKirsten

Disciplina

820.9/9282

Soggetti

Children's stories, English - History and criticism - Theory, etc

Social control in literature

Discourse analysis, Literary

Children - Books and reading

English language - Rhetoric

Speech acts (Linguistics)

Persuasion (Rhetoric)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-275) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Children's literature in England; Literature as a carrier of ideology: children's literature and control; Traditional juvenile fiction; Today's young reader; The fairytale; Fantasy fiction; Last thoughts; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In this important and timely study Murray Knowles and Kirstin Malmjkaer examine the work of some of our most popular children's writers, from this and the last century, in order to expose the persuasive power of literature.