International Companion Encyclopedia of Children's Literature
Title | International Companion Encyclopedia of Children's Literature PDF eBook |
Author | Peter Hunt |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 657 |
Release | 2004-08-02 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1134436831 |
Children's literature continues to be one of the most rapidly expanding and exciting of interdisciplinary academic studies, of interest to anyone concerned with literature, education, internationalism, childhood or culture in general. The second edition of Peter Hunt's bestselling International Companion Encyclopedia of Children's Literature offers comprehensive coverage of the subject across the world, with substantial, accessible, articles by specialists and world-ranking experts. Almost everything is here, from advanced theory to the latest practice – from bibliographical research to working with books and children with special needs. This edition has been expanded and includes over fifty new articles. All of the other articles have been updated, substantially revised or rewritten, or have revised bibliographies. New topics include Postcolonialism, Comparative Studies, Ancient Texts, Contemporary Children's Rhymes and Folklore, Contemporary Comics, War, Horror, Series Fiction, Film, Creative Writing, and 'Crossover' literature. The international section has been expanded to reflect world events, and now includes separate articles on countries such as the Baltic states, the Czech and Slovak Republics, Iran, Korea, Mexico and Central America, Slovenia, and Taiwan.
Historical Dictionary of Children's Literature
Title | Historical Dictionary of Children's Literature PDF eBook |
Author | Emer O'Sullivan |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Pages | 443 |
Release | 2023-04-24 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1538122928 |
History is constantly evolving, and the history of children’s literature is no exception. Since the original publication of Emer O’Sullivan’s Historical Dictionary of Children’s Literature in 2010, much has happened in the field of children’s literature. New authors have come into print, new books have won awards, and new ideas have entered the discourse within children’s literature studies. Historical Dictionary of Children's Literature, Second Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 700 cross-referenced entries. This book will be an excellent resource for students, scholars, researchers, and anyone interested in the field of children’s literature studies.
Three Centuries of Thumb Bibles
Title | Three Centuries of Thumb Bibles PDF eBook |
Author | Ruth E. Adomeit |
Publisher | New York : Garland Pub. |
Pages | 440 |
Release | 1980 |
Genre | Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN |
A History of Childhood
Title | A History of Childhood PDF eBook |
Author | Colin Heywood |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
Pages | 259 |
Release | 2013-05-02 |
Genre | Psychology |
ISBN | 0745656811 |
In this lively and accessible book, Colin Heywood explores the changing experiences and perceptions of childhood from the early Middle Ages to the beginning of the twentieth century. Heywood examines the different ways in which people have thought about childhood as a stage of life, the relationships of children with their families and peers, and the experiences of young people at work, in school and at the hands of various welfare institutions. The aim is to place the history of children and childhood firmly in its social and cultural context, without losing sight of the many individual experiences that have come down to us in diaries, autobiographies and oral testimonies. Heywood argues that there is a cruel paradox at the heart of childhood in the past. On the one hand, material conditions for children have generally improved in the West, however belatedly and unevenly, and they are now more valued than in the past. On the other hand, the business of preparing for adulthood has become more complicated in urban and industrial societies, as the young face a bewildering array of choices and expectations. A History of Childhood will be an essential introduction to the subject for students of history, the social sciences and cultural studies.
Animals, Museum Culture and Children’s Literature in Nineteenth-Century Britain
Title | Animals, Museum Culture and Children’s Literature in Nineteenth-Century Britain PDF eBook |
Author | Laurence Talairach |
Publisher | Springer Nature |
Pages | 309 |
Release | 2021-05-27 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 3030725278 |
Animals, Museum Culture and Children’s Literature in Nineteenth-Century Britain: Curious Beasties explores the relationship between the zoological and palaeontological specimens brought back from around the world in the long nineteenth century—be they alive, stuffed or fossilised—and the development of children’s literature at this time. Children’s literature emerged as dizzying numbers of new species flooded into Britain with scientific expeditions, from giraffes and hippopotami to kangaroos, wombats, platypuses or sloths. As the book argues, late Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian children’s writers took part in the urge for mass education and presented the world and its curious creatures to children, often borrowing from their museum culture and its objects to map out that world. This original exploration illuminates how children’s literature dealt with the new ordering of the world, offering a unique viewpoint on the construction of science in the long nineteenth century.
Beyond Pippi Longstocking
Title | Beyond Pippi Longstocking PDF eBook |
Author | Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 274 |
Release | 2011-05-09 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1136741941 |
Astrid Lindgren, author of the famed Pippi Longstocking novels, is perhaps one of the most significant children's authors of the last half of the twentieth-century. In this collection contributors consider films, music, and picturebooks relating to Lindgren, in addition to the author's reception internationally. Touching on everything from the Astrid Lindgren theme park at Vimmerby, Sweden to the hidden folk songs in Lindgren's works to the use of nostalgia in film adaptations of Lindgren's novels, this collection is distinguished by its intermedial and international scope in the realm of Lindgren research.
Photography in Children's Literature
Title | Photography in Children's Literature PDF eBook |
Author | Elina Druker |
Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company |
Pages | 324 |
Release | 2023-10-15 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9027249261 |
Photography in Children’s Literature is the first study that examines the wide array of artistic techniques, topics, and genres used within photographic books for children. Covering a time period from the 1870s to the 1980s, the collection offers multifaceted insights into changing perceptions of children and childhood during an era when the world changed in unprecedented ways. More than sixty full-color illustrations demonstrate an impressive variety of genres, from ABC books, concept books, and country portraits to photo reportage and poetry. By discussing photographic books from ten countries and three continents, the collection offers an international scope, providing a glimpse into the production and reception of photography in children’s literature in a range of contexts and cultures. Photographic books for children thus open up new vistas for scholars interested in an interdisciplinary and transnational investigation of children’s literature, text and images, across the centuries.