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Overview
Some of the most innovative and spell-binding literature has been written for young people, but only recently has academic study embraced its range and complexity. With discussions ranging from eighteenth-century moral tales to modern fantasies by J. K. Rowling and Philip Pullman, this Companion illuminates acknowledged classics and many more neglected works. Written by leading scholars from around the world, it will be essential reading for all students and scholars of children's literature, offering original readings and new research that reflect the latest developments in the field.
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"[T]here are some critical works with a scope that reaches out to anyone who has questions to ask of children's literature as a whole...The Cambridge Companion to Children's Literature is one of those books....this Companion is both stimulating and illuminating. Such critical insights sharpen our abilities assess what's hot off the presses."-Deirdre Baker
"The variety of informative contributions contained within this volume—from focused analyzes of themes such as the animal figure or the body, to passionate arguments for form such as in Richard Flynn’s excellent ‘The fear of poetry’ (76–90)—and its elegance of structure ensures that The Cambridge Companion to Children’s Literature cannot fail to be of value to the reader interested in the parallel worlds of children’s books."
-Naomi Milthorpe, Media-Culture Reviews
"The chapters in the collection are broad but not typical in how they approach children's literature. As a whole, the collection is well structured and diverse in its critical approaches [...] As an introduction to children's literature, The Cambridge Companion to Children's Literature is an excellent, straightforward collection that covers the fundamentals. It is also a collection that inspires readers to delve deeper."
-Matthew B. Prickett, Rutgers University at Camden, Children's Literature Association Quarterly
"...each does what it sets out to do-to illuminate different ways of thinking about this strikingly complex subject, with its multiple audiences and their different needs. They would make good, complementary, companions on anyone's shelf."
Peter Hunt,Newcastle University
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Meet the Author
M. O. Grenby is Reader in Children's Literature at Newcastle University.
Andrea Immel is Curator of the Cotsen Children's Library at Princeton University.
Table of Contents
List of illustrations vii
Notes on contributors ix
Preface xiii
Chronology Eric J. Johnson xvii
Part I Contexts and Genres
1 The origins of children's literature M. O. Grenby 3
2 Children's books and constructions of childhood Andrea Immel 19
3 The making of children's books Brian Alderson 35
4 Picture-book worlds and ways of seeing Katie Trumpener 55
5 The fear of poetry Richard Flynn 76
6 Retelling stories across time and cultures John Stephens 91
7 Classics and canons Deborah stevenson 108
Part II Audiences
8 Learning to be literate Lissa Paul 127
9 Gender roles in children's fiction Judy Simons 143
10 Children's texts and the grown-up reader U. C. Knoepflmacher 159
11 Ideas of difference in children's literature Lynne Vallone 174
Part III Forms and Themes
12 Changing families in children's fiction Kimberley Reynolds 193
13 Traditions of the school story Mavis Reimer 209
14 Fantasy's alternative geography for children Andrea Immel U. C. Knoepflmacher Julia Briggs 226
15 Animal and object stories David Rudd 242
16 Humour and the body in children's literature Roderick McGillis 258
Further reading 272
Index 279