Reading Series Fiction - From Arthur Ransome to Gene Kemp

This book investigates the 'series' in children's literature. The works of several well-known children's authors - UK and the US, traditional and contemporary - are analyzed, and using these examples, the book explores the special nature and appeal of series writing for children. As well as providing an historical overview of the series, the author raises important questions about the nature of literary criticism applied to children's literature.

List of contents

Introduction: a room full of friends Part I: Innocence aboard: Swallows and Amazons 1.A fellowship of innocence 2.The storm before the calm 3.Nancy Blackett - champion of goodness Part II: Series galore 4.Camping and tramping fiction, 1920-1960 5.The great Nanny-Narrator an the children of the War 6.Malco Saville: the price paid Part III: Fantasy 7.The Borrowers : brief encounters and a little air 8.Watching passionately: Lucy Boston and the Green Knowe series 9.The sun inside the window, shining out: The Dark Is Rising quintet Part IV: In and out of school 10.Jane Austen has gone missing 11.The various voices of Gene Kemp Conclusion: an invisible excellence

About the author

Watson, Victor

Summary

This book investigates the 'series' in children's literature. It explores the nature and appeal of series writing, it provides an historical overview and looks at the nature of literary criticism applied to children's literature.

Product details

• Authors: Victor Watson, Watson Victor
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.08.2000
• EAN: 9780415227025
• ISBN: 978-0-415-22702-5
• No. of pages: 244
• Weight: 450 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; EDUCATION / General, Education, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Children's & teenage literature studies, Children’s and teenage literature studies: general, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Elementary