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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813711003321

Titolo

Literature and the child : romantic continuations, postmodern contestations / / edited by James Holt McGavran

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, c1999

ISBN

1-58729-291-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (281 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

McGavranJames Holt

Disciplina

809.9145

820.9/9282

Soggetti

Children's literature, English - History and criticism

Children's literature, American - History and criticism

Children - Books and reading

Postmodernism (Literature)

Romanticism

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

ROMANTIC CONTINUATIONS, POSTMODERN CONTESTATIONS, OR, "IT'S A MAGICAL WORLD, HOBBES, OL' BUDDY" . . . CRASH! James Holt McGavran; ROMANTICISM AND THE END OF CHILDHOOD Alan Richardson; READING CHILDREN AND HOMEOPATHIC ROMANTICISM: PARADIGM LOST, REVISIONARY GLEAM, OR "PLUS ÇA CHANGE, PLUS C'EST LA MÊME CHOSE"? Mitzi Myers; TAKING GAMES SERIOUSLY: ROMANTIC IRONY IN MODERN FANTASY FOR CHILDREN OF ALL AGES Dieter Petzold; "INFANT SIGHT": ROMANTICISM, CHILDHOOD, AND POSTMODERN Richard Flynn; WORDSWORTH, LOST BOYS, AND ROMANTIC HOM(E)OPHOBIA James Holt McGavran

SENSATIONAL DESIGNS: THE CULTURAL WORK OF KATE GREENAWAY Anne LundinTHE MARKETING OF ROMANTIC CHILDHOOD: MILNE, DISNEY, AND A VERY POPULAR STUFFED BEAR Paula T. Connolly; THE ART OF MATERNAL NURTURE IN MARY AUSTIN'S ""THE BASKET WOMAN"" William J. Scheick; ROMANTICISM AND ARCHETYPES IN RUTH NICHOLS'S ""SONG OF THE PEARL"" Teya Rosenberg; Notes on Contributors; Index

Sommario/riassunto

These distinguished essays powerfully define the myriad ways in which



the Romantic image of the child, so compellingly portrayed by Wordsworth and Blake, continues to haunt us, shaping contemporary visions of childhood from Calvin and Hobbes to postmodernist poetry and fiction to sociological discussions of child-labor, child-abuse and the feminization of poverty. Literature and the Child, ably edited by James Holt McGavran, should be read by anyone interested in the history of the cultural construction of childhood.--Anne K. Mellor