| Description |
xiv, 191 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Imagining the child / Deborah Thacker -- King of the Golden River and Romanticism Closing the garret door : a feminist reading of Little Women / Jean Webb -- Victorianism, empire and the paternal voice / Deborah Thacker -- Reality and enigma in The Water- Babies Alice as subject in the logic of wonderland / Jean Webb -- Testing boundaries ; The Wonderful Wizard of Oz : pleasure without nightmares / Deborah Thacker -- Romanticism vs. empire in The Secret Garden / Jean Webb -- New voices, new threats / Deborah Thacker -- Connecting with Mary Poppins ; Spinning the word : Charlotte's Web / Jean Webb -- Real or story? : The Borrowers Playful subversion / Deborah Thacker -- Clockwork, a fairy tale for a postmodern time ; Postmodern reflection of the genre of fairy tale : The Stinky Cheese Man and other fairly stupid tales / Jean Webb |
| Summary |
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 children's literature |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-176) and index |
| Subject |
Children -- Books and reading.
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Postmodernism (Literature)
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Romanticism.
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Children -- Books and reading -- English-speaking countries.
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Postmodernism (Literature) -- English-speaking countries.
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Children's stories, American -- History and criticism.
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Romanticism -- English-speaking countries.
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Children's stories, English -- History and criticism.
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| Genre/Form |
Children's stories, American.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Author |
Webb, Jean, 1949-
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| LC no. |
2002075124 |
| ISBN |
0415204100 |
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9780415204101 |
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0415204119 |
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9780415204118 |
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9780203995372 |
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0203995376 |
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