Children's Literature: Classic Texts and Contemporary Trends

Children''s Literature: Classic Texts and Contemporary Trends provides students with high quality critical material on a selection of important classic and contemporary children''s books. From Louisa May Alcott''s Little Women to J. K. Rowling''s Harry Potter and the Philosopher''s Stone to Melvin Burgess''s Junk, each has been selected because they still find a favoured place on the bookshelves of today''s children and because they are widely studied on university courses. These case studies explore children''s literature across a variety of genres and ages, bringing together lively and accessible scholarly essays by leading scholars, some reprinted and others newly commissioned. The collection is supported by detailed introductory material, suggestions for further reading and a colour plate section reproducing covers and illustrations.>

About the author

HEATHER MONTGOMERY is Senior Lecturer in Childhood Studies at The Open University, UK.NICOLA J. WATSON is Senior Lecturer in English Literature at The Open University, UK.

Product details

• Authors: Heathe Montgomery, Heather Montgomery, Heather Watson Montgomery, Nicola J Watson, Nicola J. Watson
• Assisted by: Heather Montgomery (Editor), Nicola Watson (Editor), Nicola J. Watson (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.08.2009
• EAN: 9780230227149
• ISBN: 978-0-230-22714-9
• No. of pages: 424
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; B, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Film and Television Studies, Screen Studies, Motion pictures and television