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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812469503321

Autore

Guroian Vigen

Titolo

Tending the heart of virtue : how classic stories awaken a child's moral imagination / / Vigen Guroian

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, c1998

ISBN

0-19-515264-6

1-280-65530-5

0-19-802787-7

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Disciplina

809.89282

Soggetti

Children - Books and reading

Children's literature - Moral and ethical aspects

Literature and morals

Virtues in literature

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. [187]-194) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Awakening the Moral Imagination; 2 On Becoming a Real Human Child: Pinocchio; 3 Love and Immortality in The Velveteen Rabbit and The Little Mermaid; 4 Friends and Mentors in The Wind in the Willows, Charlotte's Web, and Bambi; 5 Evil and Redemption in The Snow Queen and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; 6 Heroines of Faith and Courage: Princess Irene in The Princess and the Goblin and Lucy in Prince Caspian; Conclusion: A Bibliographical Essay; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z

Sommario/riassunto

As the popularity of William Bennett's Book of Virtues attests, parents are turning more and more to children's literature to help instill values in their kids. Now, in this elegantly written and passionate book, Vigen Guroian provides the perfect complement to books such as Bennett's, offering parents and teachers a much-needed roadmap to some of our finest children's stories. Guroian illuminates the complex ways in which fairy tales and fantasies educate the moral imagination from earliest childhood. Examining a wide range of stories-from ""Pinocchio"" and ""The Little Mermaid"" to ""Charlot