Case of Peter Rabbit - Changing Conditions of Literature for Children

Zusatztext "Margaret Mackey had me riveted in fascination from beginning to end...[she] has performed a public service with this case study that is both detached in description and passionate in argument." -- Mythprint Informationen zum Autor Margaret Mackey Klappentext With the wide variety of formats and products associated with Beatrix Potter's classic The Tale of Peter Rabbit, the author raises questions about the impact of these developments on young readers. Zusammenfassung With the wide variety of formats and products associated with Beatrix Potter's classic The Tale of Peter Rabbit, the author raises questions about the impact of these developments on young readers. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments, Introduction, Chapter 1. Peter Rabbit: Potter’s Story, Chapter 2. Peter Rabbit: Ways of Recasting, Chapter 3. Reillustrating Potter’s Words, Chapter 4. The Story Retold and Reillustrated, Chapter 5. The Videos, Chapter 6. Other Media, Chapter 7. The Activity Books, Chapter 8. The CD-ROMs, Chapter 9. Consumables and Collectibles, Chapter 10. Issues of Ownership, Chapter 11. The Author as Commodity, Chapter 12. New Adventures, Chapter 13. Implications, References, Bibliography, Versions of The Tale of Peter Rabbit, Appendix, Index

Product details

• Authors: Margaret Mackey, Mackey Margaret
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.1998
• EAN: 9780815330943
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-3094-3
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Children's Literature and Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Children's & teenage literature studies, Children’s and teenage literature studies: general, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form