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Struwwelpeter : humor or horror? : 160 years later / Barbara Smith Chalou.
Van Pelt Library PT2362.H45 Z625 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chalou, Barbara Smith.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hoffmann, Heinrich, 1809-1894. Struwwelpeter.
- Hoffmann, Heinrich.
- Physical Description:
- x, 99 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Lexington Books, [2007]
- Summary:
- Struwwelpeter: Humor or Horror? is a critical analysis of the now infamous Struwwelpeter stories. Looking beyond the history of child rearing practices and children's literature, Barbara Smith Chalou considers the socio-historic context in which the book was written and makes comparisons to contemporary children's fare that is similarly violent, but intended to be humorous.
- Contents:
- Childhood and children's literature
- Violence as entertainment
- The Struwwelpeter stories
- Parodies, spin-offs, and other nineteenth century children's stories
- Contemporary children's literature and the absence of didacticism.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 93-94) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0739116630
- 0739116649
- OCLC:
- 70775672
- Publisher Number:
- 9780739116630
- 9780739116647
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