Literature and the Child: Romantic Continuations, Postmodern Contestations

by McGavran, James Holt

• ISBN13: 9780877456902
• ISBN10: 0877456909
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-11-01
• Publisher: Univ of Iowa Pr

Table of Contents

Romantic Continuations, Postmodern Contestations, or, ``It's a Magical World, Hobbes, Ol' Buddy'' ... Crash!	1	(23)
James Holt McGavran
1. ROMANTICISM CONTINUING AND CONTESTED
Romanticism and the End of Childhood	23	(21)
Alan Richardson
Reading Children and Homeopathic Romanticism: Paradigm Lost, Revisionary Gleam, or ``Plus Ca Change, Plus C'est la Meme Chose''?	44	(43)
Mitzi Myers
2. ROMANTIC IRONIES, POSTMODERN TEXTS
Taking Games Seriously: Romantic Irony in Modern Fantasy for Children of All Ages	87	(18)
Dieter Petzold
``Infant Sight'': Romanticism, Childhood, and Postmodern Poetry	105	(25)
Richard Flynn
Wordsworth, Lost Boys, and Romantic Hom(e)ophobia	130	(25)
James Holt McGavran
3. ROMANTICISM AND THE COMMERCE OF CHILDREN'S BOOKS
Sensational Designs: The Cultural Work of Kate Greenaway	155	(33)
Anne Lundin
The Marketing of Romantic Childhood: Milne, Disney, and a Very Popular Stuffed Bear	188	(23)
Paula T. Connolly
4. ROMANTIC IDEAS IN CULTURAL CONFRONTATIONS
The Art of Maternal Nurture in Mary Austin's The Basket Woman	211	(22)
William J. Scheick
Romanticism and Archetypes in Ruth Nichols's Song of the Pearl	233	(24)
Teya Rosenberg
Notes on Contributors	257	(2)
Index	259