Hintz, Carrie, author.
Children's literature / Carrie Hintz. - Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, New York : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, c2020. - ix, 187 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. - (The new critical idiom) .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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
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, and colonial 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
In English text.
9781138667952
Children's literature--History and criticism.
PN 1009.A1 / H56 2020
Children's literature / Carrie Hintz. - Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, New York : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, c2020. - ix, 187 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. - (The new critical idiom) .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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
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, and colonial 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
In English text.
9781138667952
Children's literature--History and criticism.
PN 1009.A1 / H56 2020