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Children's literature / Carrie Hintz.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Routledge, 2020Description: ix, 187 pages : 20 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781138667952
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 809.89282 H597c
Contents:
Introduction -- Definitions -- Children's literature: early and global histories -- Children's literature and the political -- Theories and methodologies -- Children's literature and the global and natural world -- Conclusion.
Summary: Children's literature is an accessible introduction to this engaging field. Carrie Hintz offers a defining conceptual overview of children's literature that presents its competing histories, its cultural contexts, and the theoretical debates it has instigated. Positioned within the wider field of adult literary, film, and television culture, this book also covers ideological and political movements, children's literature in the age of globalization, postcolonial literature, ecocriticism, and animal studies. Each chapter includes a case study featuring well-known authors and titles, including Charlotte's Web, Edward Lear, and Laura Ingalls Wilder. With a comprehensive glossary and further reading, this book is invaluable for anyone studying Children's Literature.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Definitions -- Children's literature: early and global histories -- Children's literature and the political -- Theories and methodologies -- Children's literature and the global and natural world -- Conclusion.

Children's literature is an accessible introduction to this engaging field. Carrie Hintz offers a defining conceptual overview of children's literature that presents its competing histories, its cultural contexts, and the theoretical debates it has instigated. Positioned within the wider field of adult literary, film, and television culture, this book also covers ideological and political movements, children's literature in the age of globalization, postcolonial literature, ecocriticism, and animal studies. Each chapter includes a case study featuring well-known authors and titles, including Charlotte's Web, Edward Lear, and Laura Ingalls Wilder. With a comprehensive glossary and further reading, this book is invaluable for anyone studying Children's Literature.

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