Children's Literature

Informationen zum Autor Kimberley Reynolds is Professor of Children's Literature in the School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics at Newcastle University. She was President of the International Research Society for Children's Literature (2003 - 2007). Recent publications include Radical Children's Literature: Future Visions and Aesthetic Transformations (2007), winner of the Children's Literature Association Book Award in 2009, and Children's Literature Studies: A Research Handbook (forthcoming 2011). Klappentext In this lively discussion Kim Reynolds looks at what children's literature is, why it is interesting, how it contributes to culture, and how it is studied as literature. Providing examples from across history and various types of children's literature, she introduces the key debates, developments, and people involved. Zusammenfassung In this lively discussion Kim Reynolds looks at what children's literature is, why it is interesting, how it contributes to culture, and how it is studied as literature. Providing examples from across history and various types of children's literature, she introduces the key debates, developments, and people involved. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: What is children's literature? 1: An outline history of publishing for children 2: Why and how are children's books studied? 3: Transforming the texts of childhood 4: Genres and generations - and the case of the family story 5: Visions of the future 6: Ethical debates in children's literature Afterword References Further reading Index

Product details

• Authors: Kimberley Reynolds, Kimberley (Professor of Children's Literature Reynolds, Reynolds Kimberley
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Trade
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 29.09.2011
• EAN: 9780199560240
• ISBN: 978-0-19-956024-0
• Dimensions: 114 mm x 175 mm x 9 mm
• Series: A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION; Very Short Introductions
• Subjects: Education and learning; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; LITERARY CRITICISM / Children's & Young Adult Literature, Literature: history & criticism, Literature: history and criticism, Children's & teenage literature studies, Children’s and teenage literature studies: general