An Introduction to Children's Literature

Zusatztext 'A very welcome! succinct and enjoyable introduction.'Jane Doonan! The School Librarian! 42(4) November 1994 Informationen zum Autor Senior Lecturer in the School of English, University of Wales, Cardiff, Peter Hunt is the author of many books on children's literature and organized the first course on children's literature at a U.K. university. Klappentext This book provides a concise history of British children' literature, focusing particularly on the past 130 years. It traces the evolution from moralizing, 'improving' works to books which are empathetic to the world of the child. But it also demonstrates that the history of children's literature can be approached from several angles-that of the women who predominate among children's writer, of the relationship between children's books and contemporary ideologies, and of the part played by illustrations and illustrators in the development of the genre. Zusammenfassung Peter Hunt is a world renowned expert on children's literature. In his new book he combines a history of writing for children with an assessment of its literary, sociological, and pedagogical roles - identifying key characteristics of the genre such as fantasy, nostalgia, nature images, a sense of place or territory, testing and incitation, and the need for warmth and security.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Hunt, Peter Hunt
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 09.06.1994
• EAN: 9780192892430
• ISBN: 978-0-19-289243-0
• Seiten: 250
• Abmessung: 128 mm x 196 mm x 16 mm
• Serien: Opus; OPUS
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Englische Sprachwissenschaft / Literaturwissenschaft; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Children's & Young Adult Literature, Literary studies: general, Children's & teenage literature studies, Children’s and teenage literature studies: general