Sticks and stones : the troublesome success of children's literature from Slovenly Peter to Harry Potter / Jack Zipes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zipes, Jack, 1937- author.

Contributor:

Routledge (Firm)

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Children's Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children's literature--History and criticism.

Children's literature.

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

Children's literature, American.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (bookplate) (stamp) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xiv, 213 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2002, 2001.

Summary:

This text explores children's literature, from Slovenly Peter to the Harry Potter books, and argues that despite common assumptions about children's books, our investment is paradoxically curtailing their freedom and creativity.

Contents:

Preface

ch. 1. The cultural homogenization of American children

ch. 2. Do you know what we are doing to your books?

ch. 3. Why children's literature does not exist

ch. 4. The value of evaluating the value of children's literature

ch. 5. Wanda Gág's Americanization of the Grimm's fairy tales

ch. 6. The contamination of the fairy tale

ch. 7. The wisdom and folly of storytelling

ch. 8. The perverse delight of Shockheaded Peter

ch. 9. The phenomenon of Harry Potter, or why all the talk?

Notes:

"Copyright ©2001 by Routledge"--verso of title page.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-203) and index.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy has photocopy of online offer of book laid in.

ISBN:

0415938805

9780415938808

OCLC:

51277516