De-constructing Dahl / by Laura Viñas Valle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Viñas Valle, Laura, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dahl, Roald--Criticism and interpretation.

Dahl, Roald.

Children's stories, English--History and criticism.

Children's stories, English.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (202 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016.

Summary:

This is the first single-authored monograph on Roald Dahl since 1994. Remarkably, in spite of Dahl's commercial success, and the divided opinions he generates, very little scholarly work on the author has been produced. In the light of social cultural constructivist theory, De-constructing Dahl focuses on the critical context, the texts and the paratexts that make up the packaging of "Dahl." It offers the first thorough overview of the criticism and the language employed to discuss Dahl since the 1970s, the difficulties that using such language entails, and how it still permeates current criti

Contents:

Introduction

De-constructing Dahl through criticism

De-constructing Dahl's children's and adult books

De-constructing Dahl through paratexts

Epilogue.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 20, 2016).

ISBN:

1-4438-8755-2

OCLC:

935642526