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Author:

Rudd, David, 1950- author.

Title:

Reading the child in children's literature : an heretical approach / David Rudd.

Publisher:

Palgrave Macmillan,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

x, 238 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm

Subject:

Children's stories, English--History and criticism.
Children's stories, American--History and criticism.
Children in literature.
Englisch.
Kinderliteratur.
USA.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-228) and index.

Contents:

Part I. The imaginary -- 1. Many happy returns: to Freud, Rose, the child and its literature -- 2. Peter Pan and the riddle of existence -- Part II. The symbolic -- 3. Holes and pores: slipping between the cracks of social criticism -- 4. Hiding in the light: Perry Nodelman and the hidden adult -- Part III. The real -- 5. Home sweet home and the uncanny: Freud, Alice and the curious child -- Part IV. Real, symbolic, imaginary -- 6. Fantasy and realism contained: from Fortunatus cap to the Mobius Strip -- 7. The Children's Book -- not suitable for children?

ISBN:

1137322349 (pbk.)
9781137322340 (pbk.)
1137322357 (hbk.)
9781137322357 (hbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)863678065

LCCN:

2013404822

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)