Coming of age in children's literature / / Margaret Meek and Victor Watson

• Autore: Spencer Margaret Meek <1925->
• Pubblicazione: London : , : Continuum, , [2003]; ©2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (204 p.)
• Disciplina: 820.9353
• Soggetto topico: Children's literature, English - History and criticism; Children's literature, American - History and criticism; Children - Books and reading - English-speaking countries; Bildungsromans, English - History and criticism; Bildungsromans, American - History and criticism; Maturation (Psychology) in literature; Rites and ceremonies in literature
• Persona (resp. second.): WatsonVictor
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages [187]-192) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; CHAPTER 1 Introduction; CHAPTER 2 Philippa Pearce; CHAPTER 3 Cynthia Voigt; CHAPTER 4 Jan Mark; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; Z
• Sommario/riassunto: Edited by Morag Styles and written by an international team of acknowledged experts, this series provides jargon-free, critical discussion and a comprehensive guide to literary and popular texts for children. Each book introduces the reader to a major genre of children's literature, covering key authors, major works and contexts in which those texts are published. Margaret Meek and Victor Watson provide a profound and revealing examination of the treatment of personal development, maturation and rites of passage in literature written for children and adolescents. Including a broad survey of
• Titolo autorizzato: Coming of age in children's literature
• ISBN: 1-4411-1692-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910786915103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Contemporary classics of children's literature.