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



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Autore: Thacker Deborah Cogan Visualizza persona
Titolo: Introducing Children's Literature [[electronic resource] ] : From Romanticism to Postmodernism Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2012
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (206 p.)
Disciplina: 813.009/9282
820.99282
Soggetto topico: 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
Altri autori: WebbJean  
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
Titolo autorizzato: Introducing Children's Literature  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-83771-4
1-134-62976-1
1-280-13914-5
0-203-99537-6
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910783888003321
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