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Author:

Lurie, Alison.

Title:

Don't tell the grown-ups : the subversive power of children's literature / Alison Lurie.

Edition:

1st Back Bay paperback edition.

Publisher:

LittleBrown,

Copyright Date:

1998

Description:

xv, 235 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Children's literature, English--History and criticism.
Children--Books and reading.
Social norms in literature.

Notes:

Includes index. Reprint of the 1990 ed. Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-222).

Contents:

ch. 16. Folklore of childhood. ch. 2. Folktale liberation -- ch. 3. Fairy tale fiction: Fitzgerald to Updike -- ch. 4. Braking for elves: fashionable folklore for adults -- ch. 5. Child who followed the piper: Kate Greenaway -- ch. 6. Tales of terror: Mrs. Clifford -- ch. 7. Ford Madox Ford's fairy tales -- ch. 8. Animal liberation: Beatrix Potter -- ch. 9. Modern magic: E. Nesbit -- ch. 10. Boy who couldn't grow up: James Barrie -- ch. 11. Happy endings: Frances Hodgson Burnett -- ch. 12. Back to Pooh Corner: A.A. Milne -- ch. 13. Heroes for our time: J.R.R. Tolkien and T.H. White -- ch. 14. Power of Smokey: Richard Adams -- ch. 15. Games of dark: William Mayne -- ch. 16. Folklore of childhood.

ISBN:

9780316246255 (pbk.)
0316246255 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)40065971

Locations:

UTAX314 -- Emmaus Bible College Library (Dubuque)