Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl is one of the world''s best-loved authors. More than twenty years after his death, his books are still highly popular with children and have inspired numerous feature films - yet he remains a controversial figure.This volume, the first collection of academic essays ever to be devoted to Dahl''s work, brings together a team of well-known scholars of children''s literature to explore the man, his books for children, and his complex attitudes towards various key subjects. Including essays on education, crime, Dahl''s humour, his long-term collaboration with the artist Quentin Blake, and film adaptations, this fascinating collection offers a unique insight into the writer and his world.>

List of contents

Series Editor's Preface
Notes on Contributors
Introduction; C.Butler
Fairy Tale and Anti-Fairy Tale: Roald Dahl and the Telling Power of Stories; D.Thacker
Discomfort and Delight: The Role of Humour in Roald Dahl's Works for Children; J.E.Stallcup
'Don't gobblefunk around with words': Roald Dahl and Language; D.Rudd
'The problem of school': Roald Dahl and Education; P.Pinsent
The Unlikely Family Romance in Roald Dahl's Children's Fiction; A.Alston
'When one is with her it is impossible to be bored': An Examination of Roald Dahl's Contribution to a Feminist Project in Children's Literature; B.Pennell
An Unsuitable Read for a Child? Reconsidering Crime and Violence in Roald Dahl's Fiction for Children; H.Worthington
All Grown Up: Filmic Interpretations of Roald Dahl's Novels; J.Pulliam
Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake; C.Scott
Roald Dahl and the Commodification of Fantasy; P.Hunt
Further Reading
Index.

About the author

ANN ALSTON is a Senior Lecturers in English at the University of the West of England, UK.CATHERINE BUTLER is a Professor of English at Cardiff University, UK.

Product details

• Authors: Ann Alston, Ann Butler Alston, Catherine Butler
• Assisted by: Ann Alston (Editor), Catherine Butler (Editor)
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2012
• EAN: 9780230283602
• ISBN: 978-0-230-28360-2
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: New Casebooks; New Casebooks (Hardcover); New Casebooks (Hardcover); New Casebooks
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies; B, LITERARY CRITICISM / Children's & Young Adult Literature, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Children's Literature, Children's & teenage literature studies, Children’s and teenage literature studies: general, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form