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Irish childhoods : children's fiction and Irish history / by Padraic Whyte.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Whyte, Padraic.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Children's literature, Irish--History and criticism.
- Children's literature, Irish.
- Children's literature, Irish--Themes, motives.
- Children's literature, Irish--20th century.
- Children's literature, Irish--21st century.
- Ireland--History--Juvenile literature.
- Ireland.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (210 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- While much has been written about Irish culture's apparent obsession with the past and with representing childhood, few critics have explored in detail the position of children's fiction within such discourses. This book serves to redress these imbalances, illuminating both the manner in which children's texts engage with complex cultural discourses in contemporary Ireland and the significant contribution that children's novels and films can make to broader debates concerning Irish identity a...
- Contents:
- CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PART I; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; PART II; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; PART III; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; AFTERWORD; FILMOGRAPHY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-175) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-14316-X
- 9786613143167
- 1-4438-3095-X
- OCLC:
- 823722063
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