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Language and control in children's literature / Murray Knowles and Kirsten Malmkjr.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Knowles, Murray, 1948-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Children's stories, English--History and criticism--Theory, etc.
- Children's stories, English.
- Social control in literature.
- Discourse analysis, Literary.
- Children--Books and reading.
- Children.
- English language--Rhetoric.
- English language.
- Speech acts (Linguistics).
- Persuasion (Rhetoric).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (297 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1996.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this important and timely study Murray Knowles and Kirstin Malmjkaer examine the work of some of our most popular children's writers, from this and the last century, in order to expose the persuasive power of literature.
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Children's literature in England; Literature as a carrier of ideology: children's literature and control; Traditional juvenile fiction; Today's young reader; The fairytale; Fantasy fiction; Last thoughts; References; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-275) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-134-88434-6
- 1-134-88435-4
- 0-585-44720-9
- 0-203-41975-8
- 1-280-32143-1
- 9780203419755
- OCLC:
- 647374418
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