Children's Literature

by Maybin, Janet; Watson, Nicola J.

• ISBN13: 9780230227132
• ISBN10: 0230227139
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-11-15
• Publisher: Red Globe Pr

Summary

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 Territoriesprovides 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.

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

List of figures	p. viii
List of plates	p. x
Acknowledgements	p. xii
Introduction	p. 1
Purposes and Histories	p. 8
Introduction	p. 8
Instruction and Delight	p. 12
Origins: Fairy Tales and Folk Tales	p. 26
Children's Literature: Birth, Infancy, Maturity	p. 39
The First Golden Age	p. 56
The Same but Different: Conservatism and Revolution in Children's Fiction	p. 70
Multicultural Agendas	p. 84
Transformative Energies	p. 99
Publishing, Prizes and Popularity	p. 115
Introduction	p. 115
Boy's and Girls' Reading, 1884	p. 119
Empire Boys	p. 130
Twentieth-Century British Publishing	p. 143
Prizes! Prizes! Newbery Gold	p. 156
In Defence of the Indefensible? Some Grounds for Enid Blyton's Appeal	p. 168
Marketing at the Millennium	p. 183
Poetry	p. 199
Introduction	p. 199
'From the Garden to the Street': The History of Poetry for Children	p. 202
The Language of Poems for Children: A Stylistic Case Study	p. 218
'From the Best Poets'? Anthologies for Children	p. 235
Story-telling, Stage and Screen	p. 246
Introduction	p. 246
Stories in Performance	p. 249
Drama	p. 267
Screen Classics	p. 281
Words and Pictures	p. 296
Introduction	p. 296
Texts and Pictures: A History	p. 299
Picturebook Codes	p. 311
Postmodern Experiments	p. 320
Contemporary Transformations	p. 330
Introduction	p. 330
In Praise of Adaptation	p. 333
Harry Potter goes to China	p. 338
Reading Transformations	p. 352
Cross-reading and Crossover Books	p. 366
Index	p. 380
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