{"product_id":"9781350178236","title":"Rereading Childhood Books A Poetics","description":"\u003ch3\u003eBloomsbury Perspectives on Children's Literature\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eRereading Childhood Books\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA Poetics\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAlison Waller | Lisa Sainsbury\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ Children's \u0026amp; Young Adult Literature\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e2019 CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title and shortlisted for the ESSE book awards 2020, for Literatures in the English Language\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChildhood books play a special role in reading histories, providing touchstones for our future tastes and giving shape to our ongoing identities. Bringing the latest work in Memory Studies to bear on writers' memoirs, autobiographical accounts of reading, and interviews with readers, \u003ci\u003eRereading Childhood Books \u003c\/i\u003eexplores how adults remember, revisit, and sometimes forget, these significant books. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Asking what it means to return to familiar works by well-known authors such as Lewis Carroll, C. S. Lewis and Enid Blyton, as well as popular and ephemeral material not often considered as part of the canon, Alison Waller develops a poetics of rereading and presents a new model for understanding lifelong reading. As such she reconceives the history of children's literature through the shared and individual experiences of the readers who carry these books with them throughout their lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAlison Waller\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Lecturer at the University of Roehampton, UK. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eConstructions of Adolescence in Fantastic Realism\u003c\/i\u003e (2009).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e20 August 2020\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350178236\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e248\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e12.48\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51332874403980,"sku":"9781350178236","price":42.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_d164e73e-04bd-4c99-bc34-982e331209ea.jpg?v=1783607051","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781350178236","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}