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Children's literature in context / Fiona McCulloch.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McCulloch, Fiona.
- Series:
- Texts and contexts (Continuum (Firm))
- Texts and contexts
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Children's literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (193 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Continuum, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Children's Literature in Context is a clear, accessible and concise introduction to children's literature and its wider contexts. It begins by introducing key issues involved in the study of children's literature and its social, cultural and literary contexts. Close readings of commonly studied texts including Lewis Carroll's Alice books,The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the Harry Potter series and the His Dark Materials trilogy highlight major themes and ways of reading children's literature. A chapter on afterlives and adaptations explores a range of wider cul
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Contexts
- pt. 2. Texts.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-27434-5
- 9786613274342
- 1-4411-4818-3
- OCLC:
- 755939209
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