Frontiers in American children's literature / edited by Dorothy Clark and Linda Salem.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Clark, Dorothy, editor.

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children's literature, American--History and criticism.

Children's literature, American.

Physical Description:

x, 295 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016.

Contents:

Part I Frontiers in History, Immigration, Trauma and Resilience

Chapter 1 Remembering to Forget: Historical Trauma, Paratext, and Visual Rhetoric in M. T. Anderson's The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing / Anastasia Ulanowicz Ulanowicz, Anastasia 15

Chapter 2 Defying Definition: Borders and Belonging in José Cruz González's The Highest Heaven / Oona Hatton Hatton, Oona 35

Chapter 3 Who I Was, Who I Am, Who I Want to Be: An Analysis of Emotional Survival in Young Adult Literature / Melanie D. Koss Koss, Melanie D., Nance S. Wilson Wilson, Nance S. 47

Part II Frontiers in African American Children's Literature

Chapter 4 Slavery on their Minds: Representing the Institution in Picture Books / Raphael E. Rogers Rogers, Raphael E. 63

Chapter 5 Clarence and Corinne; or, God's Way: Mrs. A. E. Johnson's Black Voice Lessons / April C. Logan Logan, April C. 77

Chapter 6 Haitian Female Revolutionaries and History Plays: Reforming Black Nationalism / Katharine Capshaw Capshaw, Katharine 95

Chapter 7 Ambiguity, Hypocrisy, and Accuracy in YA African American Civil War Literature / Kathleen Nigro Nigro, Kathleen 107

Part III Frontiers in American Indian Children's Literature

Chapter 8 Language Revitalization, Anishinaabemowin, and Erdrich's The Birchbark House Series / Margaret Noodin Noodin, Margaret 123

Chapter 9 Shoring Up The Birchbark House / Anne K. Phillips Phillips, Anne K. 133

Chapter 10 Resistance of the Liminal in Eric Gansworth's If I Ever Get Out of Here / Michelle Pagni Stewart Stewart, Michelle Pagni 149

Part IV The Liminal Frontier of Monsters and Revenants

Chapter 11 Pre-9/11 and Post-9/11 Readings of Russell Hoban's Monsters / Alida Allison Allison, Alida 163

Chapter 12 The Changeling and the Search for identity: Bifurcation, Oppression, and Abjection in Eloise McGraw's The Moorchild / Emily Thomas Thomas, Emily 177

Chapter 13 "Blood is not destiny, no matter what others may believe": Bacigalupi's Ship Breaker and Complications of the Monster / Laura Nicosia Nicosia, Laura 189

Part V Illustration and the New Frontier: Breaking Boundaries in Picture Books and the Digital Humanities

Chapter 14 The Continuing Influence of Graphic Novelist and Children's Book Illustrator, Lynd Ward / Steven Herb Herb, Steven 207

Chapter 15 The Edward Gorey Personal Library: Evidencing Insights / Linda Salem Salem, Linda 229

Chapter 16 Twilight Online Fandom: Qxous' Écriture Féminine and the Digital Text / Norma Aceves Aceves, Norma 257

Chapter 17 Beyond the Walls: Mapping the Experiences of Communism and Transcultural Engagement in Peter Sis's The Wall and A Small Tall Tale from the Far Far North / Zara Rix Rix, Zara 271.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781443887977

1443887978

OCLC:

942710779

Publisher Number:

99967372259