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04039aam a2200637 i 4500 001 8F9DB3F6246D11E5A97E42B6DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20150707010042 008 140605s2015 nyu b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2014015791 020 $a 0415722713 (hardback) 020 $a 9780415722711 (hardback) 035 $a (OCoLC)868209565 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BDX $d OCLCF $d NKM $d CDX $d COO $d CHVBK $d HDC $d NUI $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PR990 $b .W43 2015 082 00 $a 823.009/9282 $2 23 084 $a LIT000000 $2 bisacsh 100 1 $a Webb, Caroline, $d 1961- $e author. 245 10 $a Fantasy and the real world in British children's literature : $b the power of story / $c Caroline Webb. 264 1 $a New York ; $b Routledge, $c 2015. 300 $a 163 pages ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Children's literature and culture ; $v 101 520 $a "This study examines the children's books of three extraordinary British writers - J.K. Rowling, Diana Wynne Jones, and Terry Pratchett - and investigates their sophisticated use of narrative strategies not only to engage children in reading, but to educate them into becoming mature readers and indeed individuals. The book demonstrates how in quite different ways these writers establish reader expectations by drawing on conventions in existing genres only to subvert those expectations. Their strategies lead young readers to evaluate for themselves both the power of story to shape our understanding of the world and to develop a sense of identity and agency. Rowling, Jones, and Pratchett provide their readers with fantasies that are pleasurable and imaginative, but far from encouraging escape from reality, they convey important lessons about the complexities and challenges of the real world - and how these may be faced and solved. All three writers deploy the tropes and imaginative possibilities of fantasy to disturb, challenge, and enlarge the world of their readers"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-155) and index. 505 00 $g 119. $t Resisting "Destinarianism" $g 23 -- $g 2 $t The Case of Heroic Fantasy $g 48 -- $g 3 $t Ontologies of the Wainscot $g 76 -- $g 4 $t Representing the Witch $g 97 -- $g 5 $t Resisting "Destinarianism" $g 119. 650 0 $a Children's literature, English $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Fantasy fiction, English $x History and criticism. 650 0 $a Narration (Rhetoric) 650 0 $a Reality in literature. 650 0 $a Storytelling in literature. 600 10 $a Rowling, J. K. $x Criticism and interpretation. 600 10 $a Jones, Diana Wynne $x Criticism and interpretation. 600 10 $a Pratchett, Terry $x Criticism and interpretation. 650 7 $a LITERARY CRITICISM / General. $2 bisacsh 600 17 $a Jones, Diana Wynne. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00116883 600 17 $a Pratchett, Terry. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00071956 600 17 $a Rowling, J. K. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00401675 650 7 $a Children's literature, English. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00855967 650 7 $a Fantasy fiction, English. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00920756 650 7 $a Narration (Rhetoric) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01032927 650 7 $a Reality in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01091250 650 7 $a Storytelling in literature. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01134201 600 17 $a Jones, Diana Wynne, $d 1934-2011. $0 (DE-588)123453658 $2 gnd 600 17 $a Rowling, J. K., $d 1965- $0 (DE-588)122340469 $2 gnd 600 17 $a Pratchett, Terry, $d 1948- $0 (DE-588)119252880 $2 gnd 650 7 $a Englisch. $0 (DE-588)4014777-0 $2 gnd 650 7 $a Kinderliteratur. $0 (DE-588)4073409-2 $2 gnd 650 7 $a Phantastische Literatur. $0 (DE-588)4126324-8 $2 gnd 650 7 $a RealitaÌtsbezug. $0 (DE-588)4177138-2 $2 gnd 650 7 $a ErzaÌhltechnik. $0 (DE-588)4124854-5 $2 gnd 655 7 $a Criticism, interpretation, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411635 830 0 $a Children's literature and culture. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231018024121.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8F9DB3F6246D11E5A97E42B6DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search