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.>

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