"Elusive Childhood examines how discourse touched by the identity politics of youth might be revised for fairness. Susan Honeyman demonstrates this potential by reading representations of children from throughout the Modern episteme in works of such writers as Henry James, Edith…
Until recently, scholars believed that African American children's literature did not exist before 1900. Now, Who Writes for Black Children? opens the door to a rich archive of largely overlooked literature read by black children. This volume's combination of analytic essays, bi…
"Until recently, scholars believed that African American children's literature did not exist before 1900. Now, Who Writes for Black Children? opens the door to a rich archive of largely overlooked literature read by black children. This volume's combination of analytic essays, b…
"Until recently, scholars believed that African American children's literature did not exist before 1900. Now, Who Writes for Black Children? opens the door to a rich archive of largely overlooked literature read by black children. This volume's combination of analytic essays, b…
"From Struwwelpeter to Peter Rabbit, from Alice to Bilbo--this collection of essays shows how the classics of children's literature have been transformed across languages, genres, and diverse media forms. This book argues that translation regularly involves transmediation--the t…
This book concentrates on particular authors who are typical of their time, as well as on some of the prevailing themes. Enid Blyton, for example, is often vilified, yet children continue to read her - this book tries to explain why. The idea behind the book has been to select m…
Give me some of the old-time reading : William Bennett's The book of virtues and the rise of right-leaning literature for young readers -- I speak for the National Oak Flooring Manufacturers Association : Truax, the anti-green movement, and the corporate production of children's…
