Children at War

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Edited by Morag Styles and written by an international team of acknowledged experts, this series provides jargon-free critical discussion and a comprehensive guide to literary and popular texts for children. Each book introduces the reader to a major genre of children's literature, covering the key authors, major works and the contexts in which those texts are published, read and studied.

Children at War is an authoritative guide to literature for young readers concerning war ...

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Overview


Edited by Morag Styles and written by an international team of acknowledged experts, this series provides jargon-free critical discussion and a comprehensive guide to literary and popular texts for children. Each book introduces the reader to a major genre of children's literature, covering the key authors, major works and the contexts in which those texts are published, read and studied.

Children at War is an authoritative guide to literature for young readers concerning war in the twentieth century - especially the two world wars. The authors discuss literature of all kinds - novels, autobiographies, comics, story-papers and picture-books. In the process they provide the definitive study of the genre.

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Children's Literature
Designed as a literary history of key children's books dealing with twentieth century warfare, this publication is an outstanding resource for parents, librarians and teachers. What more compelling subject is there for educating younger readers about topics of loss and trauma than war and its manifold effects? The authors focus primarily upon the two World Wars, and within this twentieth century context, most selections deal with subjects germane to Great Britain and other distant fronts. The authors also do an outstanding job of tracing the evolution of writing about the World Wars. Beginning with works compiled during the time period of those enormous conflicts, the authors demonstrate how perspectives about warfare have changed across the decades. Worthy individual books are presented and are accompanied by comprehensive plot summaries and analysis. Readers are given a broad range of compelling books that address central themes in those two wars. However, what the authors of this thoroughly researched and well-written book accomplish is to synthesize some of the central themes presented in children's literature of this genre. Through their analyses, we come to see that high quality books written about warfare can help children understand the realities and human costs of war. Such knowledge may help future generations contemplating military actions that, once taken, will forever change the lives of millions. 2001, Continuum, $50.00 and $14.99. Ages 18 up. Reviewer: Greg M. Romaneck
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780826477590
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
  • Publication date: 1/11/2005
  • Series: Continuum Collection
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 200
  • Product dimensions: 6.14 (w) x 9.21 (h) x 0.43 (d)

Meet the Author

Kate Agnew has chaired the Children’s Bookseller’s Association and has served as a judge for the Whitbread Prize and the Smarties Award.

Geoff Fox is an Honorary Fellow of the University of Exeter, UK, and the Editor of Children’s Literature in Education.

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Table of Contents

Introduction 1
Ch. 1 From the Great War to the Gulf: 1914-2000 3
Ch. 2 The First World War 55
Ch. 3 The Second World War: The United Kingdom and North America 84
Ch. 4 The Second World War: Mainland Europe 136
Afterword 179
Bibliography 181
Name Index 187
Subject Index 192
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