Children's Literature: Approaches and Territories de Janet Maybin

Children's Literature: Approaches and Territories

Janet Maybin

Nicola J. Watson

How has children's literature been defined? In what ways has it changed over time? How are the classics of children's literature established? What is the impact of digital media and globalization on books for children?Children's Literature: Approaches and Territories provides a social and literary overview of the field of Anglophone children's literature: its history and genres, its current concerns and its possible future directions. Emphasising how children's literature is embedded in the social life of children and adults, the collection brings together lively and accessible scholarly essays by leading scholars, some reprinted and others newly commissioned. It includes sections on poetry, drama and picture books and is supported by detailed introductory material, suggestions for further reading and a colour plate section reproducing illustrations from key children's texts.

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Notă biografică

JANET MAYBIN is Senior Lecturer in Language and Communication at The Open University, UK. She researches and writes on children's informal language and literacy practices and creativity in language. Recent publications include Children's Voices: Talk, Knowledge and Identity and Using English. 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.

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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 In Praise 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.