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Subject(s)

• Children's literature—History and criticism [Browse]
• Children—Books and reading [Browse]

Related name

• Hunt, Peter, 1945- [Browse]

Summary note

Edited by Peter Hunt, a leading figure in the field, this book introduces the study of children's literature, addressing theoretical questions as well as the most relevant critical approaches to the discipline.The fourteen chapters draw on insights from academic disciplines ranging from cultural and literary studies to education and psychology, and include an essay on what writers for children think about their craft. The result is a fascinating array of perspectives on key topics in children's literature as well as an introduction to such diverse concerns as literacy, ideolog

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Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language note

English

Contents

• Introduction, the expanding world of children's literature studies / Peter Hunt
• Theorising and theories / David Rudd
• Critical tradition and ideological positioning / Charles Sarland
• Space, history and culture / Tony Watkins
• Analysing texts / John Stephens
• Readers, texts, contexts / Michael Benton
• Reading the unconscious / Hamida Bosmajian
• Feminism revisited / Lissa Paul
• Decoding the images / Perry Nodelman
• Bibliography / Matthew Grenby
• Understanding reading and literacy / Sally Yates
• Intertextuality and the child reader / Christine Wilkie-Stibbs
• Healing texts / Hugh Crago
• What the authors tell us / Peter Hunt.

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ISBN

• 1-280-45080-0
• 9786610450800
• 0-203-96896-4
• 9781134186594

OCLC

437166534

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