Children's Literature: Classic Texts and Contemporary Trends (Paperback) Edited by Heather Montgomery, Edited by Nicola J. Watson

Full bibliographic data for Children's Literature

Title

Children's Literature

Subtitle

Classic Texts and Contemporary Trends

Authors and contributors

Edited by Heather Montgomery, Edited by Nicola J. Watson

Physical properties

Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 424
Width: 156 mm
Height: 233 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight: 666 g

Audience

College/higher education
General/trade

Language

English

ISBN

ISBN 13: 9780230227149
ISBN 10: 0230227147

Classifications

BISAC category code: LIT012000
Dewey: 809.89282
Nielsen BookScan Product Class: T3.7
BISAC category code: LIT009000

Illustrations note

16 colour illustrations, 9 black & white illustrations

Publisher

Palgrave MacMillan

Imprint name

Palgrave MacMillan

Publication date

15 September 2009

Publication City/Country

Basingstoke/GB

Biographical note

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. HEATHER MONTGOMERY is Senior Lecturer in Childhood Studies at The Open University. Her research interests are in the anthropology of childhood, children's rights and gender and sexuality. She is the author of Modern Babylon: Prostituting Children in Thailand and An Introduction to Childhood: Anthropological Perspectives on Children's Lives.

Promotional headline

M.A.BIRD A.BLAKE A.BOGEN H.BOSMAJIAN M.BURGESS J.DAWSON C.DENEAN COBB J.FETTERLEY J.GAVIN J.GILES S.GOODMAN S.GUPTA S.HASLAM A.HEWINGS P.HOLLINDALE P.HUNT D.LOXLEY M.MACKEY J.MAYBIN K.MCDOWELL H.MONTGOMERY B.NAIDO R.NATOV M.NIKOLAJEVA K.PARILLE C.PARKES C.RINGROSE J.ROSE M.ROSEN M.RUSTIN M.RUSTIN K.SAMBELL C.SCOTT C.SQUIRES J.STEPHENS R.L.STEVENSON C.TARR N.TUCKER S.A.WADSWORTH D.WHITE N.WOOD J.WULLSCHLAGER J.ZIPES

Main description

Children’s Literature: Classic Texts and Contemporary Trends provides students with high quality critical material on a selection of important classic and contemporary children’s books. From Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women to J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone to Melvin Burgess’s Junk, each has been selected because they still find a favoured place on the bookshelves of today’s children and because they are widely studied on university courses. These case studies explore children’s literature across a variety of genres and ages, bringing together lively and accessible scholarly essays by leading scholars, some reprinted and others newly commissioned. The collection is supported by detailed introductory material, suggestions for further reading and a colour plate section reproducing covers and illustrations.

Review quote

'Anyone wanting to trace the development of children's literature from the 1860s to the first decade of the 21st century will find an immensely rich source of insights in the meticulously researched text Children's Literature: Classic Texts and Contemporary Trends.' - NATE Journal English Drama Media

Table of contents

List of Figures List of Plates Acknowledgements Introduction; H.Montgomery & N.Watson PART I: CLASSIC TEXTS LOUISA MAY ALCOTT, LITTLE WOMEN (1868-9) Introduction; N.Watson Little Women: Alcott's Civil War; J.Fetterley 'Wake up and be a man': Little Women, Laurie, and the Ethic of Submission; K.Parille Louisa May Alcott and the Rise of Gender-Specific Series Books; S.A.Wadsworth R.L.STEVENSON, TREASURE ISLAND (1881-2; 1883) Introduction; S.Haslam My First Book: Treasure Island; R.L.Stevenson Slaves to Adventure: the Pure Story of Treasure Island; D.Loxley Treasure Island and the Romance of the British Civil Service; C.Parkes BEATRIX POTTER, THE TALE OF PETER RABBIT (1902) Introduction; S.Goodman Peter Rabbit: Potter's Story; M.Mackey Aesop in the Shadows; P.Hollindale Perspective and Point of View in The Tale of Peter Rabbit; C.Scott TWO CLASSIC POETRY COLLECTIONS, R. L. STEVENSON: A CHILD'S GARDEN OF VERSES (1885) AND A.A.MILNE: WHEN WE WERE VERY YOUNG (1924) Introduction; N.Watson The Contexts of A Child's Garden of Verses; M.Rosen A.A.Milne: When We Were Very Young; J.Wullschlager J.M.BARRIE, PETER PAN (1904) Introduction; N.Watson Peter Pan and the Spectacle of the Child; J.Rose A Hundred Years of Peter Pan; P.Hollindale Peter Pan and the Pantomime Tradition; D. White and C.Tarr ARTHUR RANSOME, SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS (1930) Introduction; S.Haslam The Lake District Novels; P.Hunt Arthur Ransome and Problems of Literary Assessment; N.Tucker Peter Pan, Wild Cat Island, and the Lure of the Real; A.Bogen PHILIPPA PEARCE, TOM'S MIDNIGHT GARDEN (1958) Introduction; H.Montgomery Loneliness, Dreaming and Discovery: Tom's Midnight Garden; M.Rustin & M.Rustin Midnight Gardens, Magic Wells; M.Nikolajeva Tom's Midnight Garden; R.Natov MILDRED TAYLOR, ROLL OF THUNDER HEAR MY CRY (1976) Introduction; J.Maybin A Search for Law and Justice in a Racist Society; H. Bosmajian The Role of Education in Mildred D. Taylor's Roll of Thunder; C.Denean Cobb Child Agency in Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry; K.McDowell PHILIP PULLMAN, NORTHERN LIGHTS (1995) Introduction; H.Montgomery Dust as Metaphor in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials; M.A.Bird Obedience, Disobedience, and Storytelling in C. S. Lewis and Philip Pullman; N.Wood Intertextuality; C.Squires J. K. ROWLING, HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER'S STONE (1997) Introduction; N.Watson The Phenomenon of Harry Potter, or Why All the Talk?; J.Zipes The Unthinkingness of Harry Potter; S.Gupta Harry Potter and the Reinvention of the Past; A.Blake PART II: CONTEMPORARY TRENDS FICTION FOR ADOLESCENTS: MELVIN BURGESS, JUNK (1996) Introduction; A.Hewings& N.Watson Sympathy for the Devil; M.Burgess 'And It's So Real': Versions of Reality in Melvin Burgess's Junk; J.Stephens RADICAL AGENDAS: BEVERLEY NAIDOO, THE OTHER SIDE OF TRUTH (2000) A Writer's Journey: Retracing The Other Side of Truth; B.Naidoo What is The Other Side of Truth; J.Giles PAST WORLDS: JAMILA GAVIN, CORAM BOY (2000) New Historical Fiction for Children; C.Ringrose Coram Boy as History; J.Gavin FUTURE WORLDS: PHILIP REEVE, MORTAL ENGINES (2001) Carnivalizing the Future: Mortal Engines; K.Sambell Traction Cities, Postmodernisms, and Coming of Age: Mortal Engines; J.Dawson