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Children's Literature
Contributor(s): Hintz, Carrie (Author)
ISBN: 1138667951     ISBN-13: 9781138667952
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $25.64  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: October 2019
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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Children's & Young Adult Literature
Dewey: 809.892
Series: New Critical Idiom
Physical Information: 188 pages
 
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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.