Children''s Literature

Children's Literature is an accessible introduction to this engaging field. Carrie Hintz offers a defining conceptual overview of children's literature that presents its competing histories, its cultural contexts, and the theoretical debates it has instigated.

Positioned within the wider field of adult literary, film, and television culture, this book also covers:

• Ideological and political movements
• Children's literature in the age of globalization
• Postcolonial literature, ecocriticism, and animal studies

Each chapter includes a case study featuring well-known authors and titles, including Charlotte's Web, Edward Lear, and Laura Ingalls Wilder. With a comprehensive glossary and further reading, this book is invaluable reading for anyone studying Children's Literature.

Sommario

Introduction
1. Definitions
2. Children's literature: early and global histories 
3. Children's literature and the political 
4. Theories and methodologies
5. Children's literature and the global and natural world
Conclusion

Info autore

Carrie Hintz is Associate Professor of English at Queens College and The Graduate Center, City University of New York, USA.

Riassunto

Children’s Literature is an accessible introduction to this engaging field. Carrie Hintz offers a defining conceptual overview of children’s literature that presents its competing histories, its cultural contexts, and the theoretical debates it has instigated.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Hintz, Carrie Hintz, Carrie (City University of New York Hintz, Carrie (City University of New York USA) Hintz, Hintz Carrie
• Con la collaborazione di: John Drakakis (Editore della collana)
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781138667952
• ISBN: 978-1-138-66795-2
• Pagine: 188
• Serie: New Critical Idiom (Hardcover); New Critical Idiom (Paperback); The New Critical Idiom
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Children's & Young Adult Literature, Literary studies: general, Children's & teenage literature studies, Children’s and teenage literature studies: general