| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Texts and contexts |
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Texts and contexts (Continuum (Firm))
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| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; SERIES EDITOR'S PREFACE; CHAPTER ONE SOCIAL AND CULTURAL CONTEXT; CHAPTER TWO LITERARY CONTEXT; CHAPTER THREE TEXTS; CHAPTER FOUR CRITICAL CONTEXTS; CHAPTER FIVE AFTERLIVES AND ADAPTATIONS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
| Summary |
Children's Literature€in Context is a clear, accessible and concise introduction to children's literature and€its wider contexts. It begins by introducing key issues involved in the study of children's literature and its social, cultural and literary contexts. Close readings of commonly studied texts including Lewis Carroll's Alice books, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the Harry Potter series and the His Dark Materials trilogy highlight major themes and ways of reading children's literature. A chapter on afterlives and adaptations explores a range of |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Children's literature, English -- History and criticism
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Children's literature, American -- History and criticism
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Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers.
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Children's & teenage literature studies.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Children's literature, American
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Children's literature, English
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781441148186 |
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1441148183 |
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1283274345 |
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9781283274340 |
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9781441129307 |
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1441129308 |
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9786613274342 |
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6613274348 |
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