This lively and accessible collection of essays by leading scholars, some reprinted and others newly commissioned, provides a social and literary overview of the field of children's literature. Designed with the needs of students andteachers in mind, it explores history and genres, current concerns and possible future directions. INDICE: List of figures - List of plates - Acknowledgements - Introduction; J.Maybin ; N.Watson - PART I: PURPOSES AND HISTORIES - Introduction; H.Montgomery - Instruction and Delight; P.Hunt - Origins: Fairy Tales and Folk Tales;J.Zipes - Children's Literature: Birth, Infancy, Maturity; M.Grenby - The First Golden Age; H.Carpenter - The Same But Different: Conservatism and Revolution in Children's Fiction; P.Hunt - Multicultural Agendas; L.Paul - Transformative Energies; K.Reynolds - PART II: PUBLISHING, PRIZES AND POPULARITY - Introduction; J.Maybin - Boys' and Girls' Reading, 1884; E.Salmon - Empire Boys; J.Bristow - 20th Century British Publishing; N.Tucker - Prizes! Prizes! Newbery Gold; K.Kidd - In Defence of the Indefensible? Some Grounds for Enid Blyton's Appeal; D.Rudd - Marketing at the Millennium; C.Squires - PART III: POETRY - Introduction; N.Watson - 'From the Garden to the Street': The History of Poetry for Children; M.Styles - The Language of Poems for Children: A Stylistic Case Study; L.Jeffries - 'From the Best Poets?' Anthologies for Children; M.Styles - PART IV: STORY-TELLING, STAGE AND SCREEN - Introduction; N.Watson - Stories in Performance; J.Swann - Drama; S.Greenhalgh - Screen Classics; D.Cartmell - PART V: WORDS AND PICTURES - Introduction; S.Goodman - Texts and Pictures: A History; J.Whalley - Picturebook Codes W.Moebius - Postmodern Experiments; B.Goldstone - PART VI: CONTEMPORARY TRANSFORMATIONS - Introduction; A.Hewings - InPraise of Adaptation; L.Hutcheon - Harry Potter Goes to China; S.Gupta with C.Xiao - Reading Transformations; R.Flewitt - Cross-reading and Crossover Books; R.Falconer - Index
- ISBN: 978-0-230-22713-2
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 416
- Fecha Publicación: 26/08/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés