Insights: Children’s Literature in its Social Context

Butts, Dennis

Children's literature is increasingly exposed to critical debate in England and America. There are indeed a number of histories and surveys of children's literature, but few works exist which discuss the contexts, ideologies and narrative structures of children's stories in a serious and detailed manner, or examine particular case-histories to see how the different forces interact. This is what this collection of essays attempts to do. The topics range from Little Women to Winnie the Pooh and from story forms such as 'The Adventure Story' to 'Fantasy'.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 1992-07-01

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9780333522479

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-22111-0

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 143