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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783888003321

Autore

Thacker Deborah Cogan

Titolo

Introducing Children's Literature [[electronic resource] ] : From Romanticism to Postmodernism

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2012

ISBN

1-283-83771-4

1-134-62976-1

1-280-13914-5

0-203-99537-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (206 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WebbJean

Disciplina

813.009/9282

820.99282

Soggetti

Children's literature

Children's stories, American - History and criticism

Children's stories, American - History and criticism - English-speaking countries

Children's stories, English - History and criticism - English-speaking countries

Children - Books and reading - English-speaking countries

Postmodernism (Literature)

Romanticism

English

Languages & Literatures

American Literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Introducing Children's Literature From Romanticism to Postmodernism; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Section One Romanticism; Chapter 1 Imagining the child; Chapter 2 The King of the Golden River and Romanticism; Chapter 3 Closing the garret door:a feminist reading of Little Women; Section Two Nineteenth-century literature; Chapter 4 Victorianism, Empire andthe paternal voice; Chapter 5 Realityand enigma in The Water-Babies; Chapter 6 Alice as



subject in thelogic of Wonderland; Section Three The fin de siècle; Chapter 7 Testing boundaries

Chapter 8 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: pleasure without nightmaresChapter 9 Romanticism vs. Empirein The Secret  Garden; Section Four Modernism; Chapter 10 New voices, newthreats; Chapter 11 Connecting with MaryPoppins; Chapter 12 Spinning the word:Charlotte's Web; Chapter 13 Real or story?:The Borrowers; Section Five Postmodernism; Chapter 14 Playful subversion; Chapter 15 Clockwork, a fairy talefor a postmodern time; Chapter 16 A postmodern reflection of the genre of fairy tale: The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Introducing Children's Literature is an ideal guide to reading children's literature through the perspective of literary history. Focusing on the major literary movements from Romanticism to Postmodernism, Thacker and Webb examine the concerns of each period and the ways in which these concerns influence and are influenced by the children's literature of the time. Each section begins with a general chapter, which explains the relationship between the major issues of each literary period and the formal and thematic qualities of children's texts. Close readings of selected texts fol