Children's Literature: Classic Texts and Contemporary Trends
Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
NICOLA J. WATSON is Senior Lecturer in English Literature at The Open University. Her research over the last fifteen years has focussed upon the reception, adaptation, transformation, and consumption of historical and literary narratives. Her publications include Revolution and the Form of the British Novel, 1790-1825, England's Elizabeth: An Afterlife in Fame and Fantasy (with Michael Dobson) and The Literary Tourist.
HEATHER MONTGOMERY is Senior Lecturer in Childhood Studies at The Open University. Her research interests are in the anthropology of childhood, children's rights and gender and sexuality. She is the author of Modern Babylon: Prostituting Children in Thailand and An Introduction to Childhood: Anthropological Perspectives on Children's Lives.
'Anyone wanting to trace the development of children's literature from the 1860s to the first decade of the 21st century will find an immensely rich source of insights in the meticulously researched text Children's Literature: Classic Texts and Contemporary Trends.' - NATE Journal English Drama Media
List of Figures
List of Plates
Acknowledgements
Introduction; H.Montgomery& N.Watson
PART I: CLASSIC TEXTS
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT, LITTLE WOMEN (1868-9)
Introduction; N.Watson
Little Women: Alcott's Civil War; J.Fetterley
'Wake up and be a man': Little Women, Laurie, and the Ethic of Submission; K.Parille
Louisa May Alcott and the Rise of Gender-Specific Series Books; S.A.Wadsworth
R.L.STEVENSON, TREASURE ISLAND (1881-2; 1883)
Introduction; S.Haslam
My First Book: Treasure Island; R.L.Stevenson
Slaves to Adventure: the Pure Story of Treasure Island; D.Loxley
Treasure Island and the Romance of the British Civil Service; C.Parkes
BEATRIX POTTER, THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT (1902)
Introduction; S.Goodman
Peter Rabbit: Potter's Story; M.Mackey
Aesop in the Shadows; P.Hollindale
Perspective and Point of View in The Tale of Peter Rabbit; C.Scott
TWO CLASSIC POETRY COLLECTIONS, R. L. STEVENSON: A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES (1885) AND A.A.MILNE: WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG (1924)
Introduction; N.Watson
The Contexts of A Child's Garden of Verses; M.Rosen
A.A.Milne: When We Were Very Young; J.Wullschlager
J.M.BARRIE, PETER PAN (1904)
Introduction; N.Watson
Peter Pan and the Spectacle of the Child; J.Rose
A Hundred Years of Peter Pan; P.Hollindale
Peter Pan and the Pantomime Tradition; D. White andC.Tarr
ARTHUR RANSOME, SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS (1930)
Introduction; S.Haslam
The Lake District Novels; P.Hunt
Arthur Ransome and Problems of Literary Assessment; N.Tucker
Peter Pan, Wild Cat Island, and the Lure of the Real; A.Bogen
PHILIPPA PEARCE, TOM'S MIDNIGHT GARDEN (1958)
Introduction; H.Montgomery
Loneliness, Dreaming and Discovery: Tom's Midnight Garden; M.Rustin& M.Rustin
Midnight Gardens, MagicWells; M.Nikolajeva
Tom's Midnight Garden; R.Natov
MILDRED TAYLOR, ROLL OF THUNDER HEAR MY CRY (1976)
Introduction; J.Maybin
A Search for Law and Justice in a Racist Society; H. Bosmajian
The Role of Education in Mildred D. Taylor's Roll of Thunder; C.Denean Cobb
Child Agency in Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry; K.McDowell
PHILIP PULLMAN, NORTHERN LIGHTS (1995)
Introduction; H.Montgomery
Dust as Metaphor in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials; M.A.Bird
Obedience, Disobedience, and Storytelling in C. S. Lewis and Philip Pullman; N.Wood
Intertextuality;C.Squires
J. K. ROWLING, HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE (1997)
Introduction; N.Watson
The Phenomenon of Harry Potter, or Why All the Talk?; J.Zipes
The Unthinkingness of Harry Potter; S.Gupta
Harry Potter and the Reinvention of the Past; A.Blake
PART II: CONTEMPORARY TRENDS
FICTION FOR ADOLESCENTS: MELVIN BURGESS, JUNK (1996)
Introduction; A.Hewings & N.Watson
Sympathy for the Devil; M.Burgess
'And It's So Real': Versions of Reality in Melvin Burgess's Junk; J.Stephens
RADICAL AGENDAS: BEVERLEY NAIDOO, THE OTHER SIDE OF TRUTH(2000)
A Writer's Journey: RetracingThe Other Side of Truth; B.Naidoo
What is The Other Side of Truth; J.Giles
PAST WORLDS: JAMILA GAVIN, CORAM BOY (20)
Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
NICOLA J. WATSON is Senior Lecturer in English Literature at The Open University. Her research over the last fifteen years has focussed upon the reception, adaptation, transformation, and consumption of historical and literary narratives. Her publications include Revolution and the Form of the British Novel, 1790-1825, England's Elizabeth: An Afterlife in Fame and Fantasy (with Michael Dobson) and The Literary Tourist.
HEATHER MONTGOMERY is Senior Lecturer in Childhood Studies at The Open University. Her research interests are in the anthropology of childhood, children's rights and gender and sexuality. She is the author of Modern Babylon: Prostituting Children in Thailand and An Introduction to Childhood: Anthropological Perspectives on Children's Lives.