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Télécharger le livre :  Class, Leisure and National Identity in British Children's Literature, 1918-1950
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Class, Leisure and National Identity in British Children's Literature, 1918-1950


N.C.


This book places children's literature at the forefront of early twentieth-century debates about national identity and class relations that were expressed through the pursuit of leisure. Focusing on stories about hiking, camping and sailing, this book offers a fresh...

Parution : 2014-10-07
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Télécharger le livre :  Internationalism in Children's Series
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Internationalism in Children's Series


M. Frank , K. Sands-O'connor


Internationalism in Children's Series brings together international children's literature scholars who interpret 'internationalism' through various cultural, historical and theoretical lenses. From imperialism to transnationalism, from Tom Swift to Harry Potter, this...

Parution : 2014-04-08
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Télécharger le livre :  Revaluing British Boys' Story Papers, 1918-1939
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Revaluing British Boys' Story Papers, 1918-1939


H. A Fairlie


This book explores the phenomenon of the story paper, the meanings and values children took from their reading, and the responses of adults to their reading choices. It argues for the revaluing of the story paper in the inter-war years, giving the genre a pivotal role...

Parution : 2014-02-09
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Télécharger le livre :  Secrets, Lies and Children's Fiction
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Secrets, Lies and Children's Fiction


K. Mallan


Many children learn from a young age to tell the truth. They also learn that some lies are necessary in order to survive in a world that paradoxically values truth-telling, but practises deception. This book examines this paradox by considering how deception is often a...

Parution : 2013-10-25
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Télécharger le livre :  Environmental Crisis in Young Adult Fiction
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Environmental Crisis in Young Adult Fiction


A. Curry


This pioneering study is the first full-length treatment of feminism and the environment in children's literature. Drawing on the history, philosophy and ethics of ecofeminism, it examines the ways in which post-apocalyptic landscapes in young adult fiction reflect...

Parution : 2013-02-18
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Télécharger le livre :  Playing with Picturebooks
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Playing with Picturebooks


C. Allan


Offers new insights into the continuing influence of postmodernism on a wide range of international picture books for children published between 1963 and 2008. Its chapters include metafiction; disruption to narrative conventions; interrogation of 'truths';...

Parution : 2012-10-10
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Télécharger le livre :  Children's Literature and Capitalism
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Children's Literature and Capitalism


C. Parkes


After the first phase of industrialization in Britain, the child emerged as both a victim of and a threat to capitalism. This book explores the changing relationship between the child and capitalist society in the works of some of the most important writers of...

Parution : 2012-09-10
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Télécharger le livre :  Children's Literature, Popular Culture, and Robinson Crusoe
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Children's Literature, Popular Culture, and Robinson Crusoe


A. O'malley


This study of the afterlife of Robinson Crusoe offers insights into the continued popularity and relevance of Crusoe's story and how modern conceptions of childhood are shaped by nostalgia and ideas of 'the popular'. Examining many adaptations in a variety of formats,...

Parution : 2012-07-30
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Télécharger le livre :  Narrative Pleasures in Young Adult Novels, Films and Video Games
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Narrative Pleasures in Young Adult Novels, Films and Video Games


M. Mackey


Stories are told today through many formats and young interpreters bring multimedia experience to bear on every narrative format they encounter. In this book, twelve young people read a novel, watch a film and play a video game from beginning to end. Their responses...

Parution : 2011-07-08
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Télécharger le livre :  Empire in British Girls' Literature and Culture
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Empire in British Girls' Literature and Culture


M. Smith


While the gender and age of the girl may seem to remove her from any significant contribution to empire, this book provides both a new perspective on familiar girls' literature, and the first detailed examination of lesser-known fiction relating the emergence of...

Parution : 2011-07-08
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Télécharger le livre :  New World Orders in Contemporary Children's Literature
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New World Orders in Contemporary Children's Literature


C. Bradford , K. Mallan , R. Mccallum , J. Stephens


This book demonstrates how contemporary children's texts draw on utopian and dystopian tropes in their projections of possible futures. The authors explore the ways in which children's texts respond to social change and global politics. The book argues that children's...

Parution : 2008-03-13
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