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From Romanticism to Postmodernism
by Deborah Cogan Thacker, Jean Webb
This is not a children's storybook, but rather a scholarly guide for students and educators exploring how children's literature has evolved through major literary movements from Romanticism to Postmodernism. By analyzing beloved classics like Alice in Wonderland, Charlotte's Web, and The Secret Garden, the authors show how the concerns and styles of each literary era shaped the stories written for young readers. Parents interested in understanding the deeper literary context of their children's favorite books will find this an enriching and insightful resource.
Introducing Children's Literature is an ideal guide to reading children's literature through the perspective of literary history. Focusing on the major literary movements from Romanticism to Postmodernism, Thacker and Webb examine the concerns of each period and the ways in which these concerns influence and are influenced by the children's literature of the time. Each section begins with a general chapter, which explains the relationship between the major issues of each literary period and the formal and thematic qualities of children's texts. Close readings of selected texts follow to demonstrate the key defining characteristics of the form of writing and the literary movements. Original in its approach, this book sets children's literature within the context of literary movements and adult literature. It is essential reading for students studying writing for children. Books discussed include: *Louisa May Alcott's Little Women * Charles Kingsley's The Water-Babies *Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland *Frank Baum's The Wizard of Oz *Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Secret Garden *P.L.Travers' Mary Poppins *E.B.White's Charlotte's Web *Philip Pullman's Clockwork.
Psychology Press
210
9780415204101
2002-01-01
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