Tending the heart of virtue : how classic stories awaken a child's moral imagination / Vigen Guroian.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Guroian, Vigen, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children's literature--Moral and ethical aspects.

Children's literature.

Children--Books and reading.

Children.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 pages)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]

Summary:

Tending the Heart of Virtue sheds light on the power of classic children's tales to shape the moral imagination. This revised and expanded edition includes three new chapters on such stories as Hans Christian Andersen's The Ugly Duckling, the Grimms' Cinderella, and John Ruskin's The King of the Golden River.

Contents:

Cover Page

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Preface to Second Expanded Edition

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Awakening the Moral Imagination

2. On Becoming a Real Human Child: Pinocchio

3. Love and Immortality in The Velveteen Rabbit and "The Little Mermaid"

4. Friends and Mentors in The Wind in the Willows, Charlotte's Web, and Bambi

5. Evil and Redemption in "The Snow Queen" and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

6. Heroines of Faith and Courage: Princess Irene in The Princess and the Goblin and Lucy in Prince Caspian

7. The Triumph of Beauty in "The Nightingale" and "The Ugly Duckling"

8. The Goodness of Goodness: The Grimms' "Cinderella" and John Ruskin's The King of the Golden River

9. Obedience and the Path to Perfection in George MacDonald's The Wise Woman: A Double Story

Conclusion: A Bibliographical Essay

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Guroian, Vigen Tending the Heart of Virtue

ISBN:

0-19-767884-X

0-19-767885-8

0-19-767883-1