LEADER 03455oam 2200589I 450 001 9910154983303321 005 20230808200714.0 010 $a1-351-91003-5 010 $a1-138-27671-5 010 $a1-315-24643-0 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315246437 035 $a(CKB)3710000000965805 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4758371 035 $a(OCoLC)965444378 035 $a(BIP)63367691 035 $a(BIP)11527033 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000965805 100 $a20180706e20162008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 00$aPopular children's literature in Britain /$fedited by Julia Briggs [died], Dennis Butts, M.O. Grenby 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (357 pages) $cillustrations, tables 300 $a"Firs tpublished 2008 by Ashgate Publishing"--t.p. verso. 311 08$a1-84014-242-1 311 08$a1-351-91004-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $apt. 1. Old tales retold -- pt. 2. Forgotten favourites -- pt. 3. Popular instruction, popularity imposed -- pt. 4. The famous three : Blyton, Dahl and Rowling. 330 $aThe astonishing success of J.K. Rowling and other contemporary children's authors has demonstrated how passionately children can commit to the books they love. But this kind of devotion is not new. This timely volume takes up the challenge of assessing the complex interplay of forces that have created the popularity of children's books both today and in the past. The essays collected here ask about the meanings and values that have been ascribed to the term 'popular'. They consider whether popularity can be imposed, or if it must always emerge from children's preferences. And they investigate how the Harry Potter phenomenon fits into a repeated cycle of success and decline within the publishing industry. Whether examining eighteenth-century chapbooks, fairy tales, science schoolbooks, Victorian adventures, waif novels or school stories, these essays show how historical and publishing contexts are vital in determining which books will succeed and which will fail, which bestsellers will endure and which will fade quickly into obscurity. As they considering the fiction of Angela Brazil, Enid Blyton, Roald Dahl and J.K. Rowling, the contributors carefully analyse how authorial talent and cultural contexts combine, in often unpredictable ways, to generate - and sometimes even sustain - literary success. 606 $aChildren's literature, English$xHistory and criticism 606 $aChildren$xBooks and reading$zGreat Britain 606 $aPopular literature$zGreat Britain$xHistory and criticism 606 $aLiterature and society$zGreat Britain$xHistory 615 0$aChildren's literature, English$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aChildren$xBooks and reading 615 0$aPopular literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aLiterature and society$xHistory. 676 $a820.9/9282 686 $a18.05$2bcl 701 $aBriggs$b Julia$0166629 701 $aButts$b Dennis$f1932-$0533672 701 $aGrenby$b M. O$g(Matthew Orville),$f1970-$0853456 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910154983303321 996 $aPopular children's literature in Britain$92141065 997 $aUNINA