Modern children's literature is currently receiving much public and critical attention. Organized to show developments in children's literature over time and across genres, this attractively illustrated introductory guide looks at key British, American and Australian works, from picture books and texts for younger children, through to graphic novels and young adult fiction. Each chapter applies specific critical approaches, supported by explanatory boxed material and suggestions for further reading.
'I have read the book thoroughly and it is EXACTLY what I was looking for to introduce my students to the discipline. I think it is superb!' - Dr Carmen Pérez-Diez, University of León, Spain
List of Contributors
List of Boxes
List of Illustrations
Introduction: Making the Most of Modern Children's Literature: An Introduction; K.Reynolds
Theories of Genre and Gender: Change and Continuity in the School Story; P.Pinsent
Sociology, Politics, the Family: Children and Families in Anglo-American Children'sFiction 1920-1960; K.Reynolds
Fantasy, Psychology and Feminism: Jungian Readings of Classic British Fantasy Fiction; S.Hancock
Autobiography and History: Literature of War; G.Lathey
Comparative and Psychoanalytic Approaches: Personal History and Collective Memory; G.Lathey
Fantasy - Postwar, Postmodern, Postcolonial: Houses in Post-War Fantasy; S.Godek
Feminism and History: Historical Fiction: Not Just a Thing of the Past; P.Bramwell
Childhood, Youth Culture and the Uncanny: Uncanny Nights in Contemporary Adolescent Fiction; L.Sainsbury
Fantasy, Psychoanalysis and Adolescence: Magic and Maturation in Fantasy; P.Bramwell
Bakhtin, Dialogism and Chronotopes: Time and Memory in Contemporary Children's Literature; L. Sainsbury
Postmodernism, New Historicism and Migration: New Historical Novels; P.Pinsent
Language, Genres and Issues: The Socially Committed Novel; P.Pinsent
Reading Contemporary Picture Books; J.Graham
Picturebook Case Study: Politics and Philosophy in the Work of Raymond Briggs; L.Sainsbury
Electronic Texts and Adolescent Agency: Computers and the Internet in Contemporary Children's Literature; N.Applebaum
Bibliography
Index
KIMBERLEY REYNOLDS is Professor of Children's Literature at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. She was previously Professor of Children's Literature at the University of Surrey, Roehampton, UK, where she founded the National Centre for Research in Children's Literature.
Description
Modern children's literature is currently receiving much public and critical attention. Organized to show developments in children's literature over time and across genres, this attractively illustrated introductory guide looks at key British, American and Australian works, from picture books and texts for younger children, through to graphic novels and young adult fiction. Each chapter applies specific critical approaches, supported by explanatory boxed material and suggestions for further reading.
Reviews
'I have read the book thoroughly and it is EXACTLY what I was looking for to introduce my students to the discipline. I think it is superb!' - Dr Carmen Pérez-Diez, University of León, Spain
Contents
List of Contributors
List of Boxes
List of Illustrations
Introduction: Making the Most of Modern Children's Literature: An Introduction; K.Reynolds
Theories of Genre and Gender: Change and Continuity in the School Story; P.Pinsent
Sociology, Politics, the Family: Children and Families in Anglo-American Children'sFiction 1920-1960; K.Reynolds
Fantasy, Psychology and Feminism: Jungian Readings of Classic British Fantasy Fiction; S.Hancock
Autobiography and History: Literature of War; G.Lathey
Comparative and Psychoanalytic Approaches: Personal History and Collective Memory; G.Lathey
Fantasy - Postwar, Postmodern, Postcolonial: Houses in Post-War Fantasy; S.Godek
Feminism and History: Historical Fiction: Not Just a Thing of the Past; P.Bramwell
Childhood, Youth Culture and the Uncanny: Uncanny Nights in Contemporary Adolescent Fiction; L.Sainsbury
Fantasy, Psychoanalysis and Adolescence: Magic and Maturation in Fantasy; P.Bramwell
Bakhtin, Dialogism and Chronotopes: Time and Memory in Contemporary Children's Literature; L. Sainsbury
Postmodernism, New Historicism and Migration: New Historical Novels; P.Pinsent
Language, Genres and Issues: The Socially Committed Novel; P.Pinsent
Reading Contemporary Picture Books; J.Graham
Picturebook Case Study: Politics and Philosophy in the Work of Raymond Briggs; L.Sainsbury
Electronic Texts and Adolescent Agency: Computers and the Internet in Contemporary Children's Literature; N.Applebaum
Bibliography
Index
Authors
KIMBERLEY REYNOLDS is Professor of Children's Literature at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. She was previously Professor of Children's Literature at the University of Surrey, Roehampton, UK, where she founded the National Centre for Research in Children's Literature.
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