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Children's literature : [texts, contents, connections]

This volume discusses Children's literature through the ages from fairy tales and early didactic literature through to the classics of the nineteenth and twentieth-centuries and the modern day
Print Book, English, 2011
Pearson Education Limited York Press, Harlow, London, 2011
338 Seiten.
9781408266625, 1408266628
1004754715
Part One: Introduction Part Two: A Cultural Overview Part Three: Texts, Writers and Contexts Alternative Worlds: Carroll, Lewis and Wynne Jones Real Lives: Alcott, Ashley and Wilson Adventure Stories: Wyss, Ransome and Muchamore Rhymes and Rhythms: Stevenson, Seuss and Zephaniah Picture Books: Sendak, Browne and Child Young Adult Fiction: Blume, Chambers and Larbalestier Part Four: Critical Theories and Debates Criticising Children's Literature Gender and Sexuality Children's Literature and Ideology The Future of Children's Literature Part Five: References and Resources Timeline Further Reading Index