The Cambridge companion to children's literature /
The Cambridge companion to children's literature /
Companion to children's literature
edited by M.O. Grenby and Andrea Immel.
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
- xxv, 293 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Cambridge companions to literature .
- Cambridge companions to literature. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The origins of children's literature / M.O. Grenby -- Children's books and the constructions of childhood / Andrea Immel -- The making of children's books / Brian Alderson -- Picture-book worlds and ways of seeing / Katie Trumpener -- The fear of poetry / Richard Flynn -- Retelling stories across time and cultures / John Stephens -- Classics and canons / Deborah Stevenson -- Learning to be literate / Lissa Paul -- Gender roles in children's fiction / Judy Simons -- Children's texts and the grown-up reader / U.C. Knoepflmacher -- Ideas of difference in children's literature / Lynne Vallone -- Changing families in children's fiction / Kimberley Reynolds -- Traditions of the school story / Mavis Reimer -- Fantasy's alternative geography for children / Andrea Immel, U.C. Knoepflmacher, Julia Briggs -- Animal and object stories / David Rudd -- Humour and the body in children's literature / Roderick McGillis.
Collects sixteen essays that examine children's literature, discussing the origins of the genre, classics, gender roles, traditions of the school story, humor, and other related topics.
Adult Adult Follett Library Resources
0521687829 (pbk.) 052186819X (hbk.) 9780521687829 (pbk.) 9780521868198 (hbk.)
2010292142
GBA991078 bnb
015371363 Uk
Children's literature, English--History and criticism.
Children's literature--History and criticism.
PR990 / .C36 2009
820.99282
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The origins of children's literature / M.O. Grenby -- Children's books and the constructions of childhood / Andrea Immel -- The making of children's books / Brian Alderson -- Picture-book worlds and ways of seeing / Katie Trumpener -- The fear of poetry / Richard Flynn -- Retelling stories across time and cultures / John Stephens -- Classics and canons / Deborah Stevenson -- Learning to be literate / Lissa Paul -- Gender roles in children's fiction / Judy Simons -- Children's texts and the grown-up reader / U.C. Knoepflmacher -- Ideas of difference in children's literature / Lynne Vallone -- Changing families in children's fiction / Kimberley Reynolds -- Traditions of the school story / Mavis Reimer -- Fantasy's alternative geography for children / Andrea Immel, U.C. Knoepflmacher, Julia Briggs -- Animal and object stories / David Rudd -- Humour and the body in children's literature / Roderick McGillis.
Collects sixteen essays that examine children's literature, discussing the origins of the genre, classics, gender roles, traditions of the school story, humor, and other related topics.
Adult Adult Follett Library Resources
0521687829 (pbk.) 052186819X (hbk.) 9780521687829 (pbk.) 9780521868198 (hbk.)
2010292142
GBA991078 bnb
015371363 Uk
Children's literature, English--History and criticism.
Children's literature--History and criticism.
PR990 / .C36 2009
820.99282