7. Theories of genre and gender: change and continuity in the school story / Pat Pinsent -- Part I: Mapping the territory -- 1. The classic and the canon in children's literature / Peter Hunt -- 2. Fantasy in children's fiction / Farah Mendlesohn -- 3. Psychoanalytic approaches to children's literature / David Rudd -- 4. Reading contemporary picturebooks / Judith Graham -- 5. Poetry for children / Michael Rosen -- Part II: Texts and genres -- 6. Family, identity and nationhood: family stories in Anglo-American children's literature, 1930-2000 / Lucy Pearson -- Cynthia Voigt, Homecoming; Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little house in the big woods; Little house on the prairie; Jacqueline Wilson. The illustrated mum; Jacqueline Woodson, From the notebooks of Melanin Sun -- 7. Theories of genre and gender: change and continuity in the school story / Pat Pinsent -- 10. Past settings, contemporary concerns: feminist historical fiction in the late twentieth century / 8. Literature of war: comparative and autobiographical approaches / Peter Bramwell -- Michael Foreman, War boy; Gudrun Pausewang, The final journey; Tomi Ungerer, Tomi: a childhood under the Nazis; Robert Westall, The machine-gunners -- 9. Language, genres and issues: the socially committed novel / Pat Pinsent -- Malorie Blackman, Noughts and crosses; Beverley Naidoo, The other side of truth; Robert Swindells, Daz4Zoe; Jean Ure, Cool Simon -- 10. Past settings, contemporary concerns: feminist historical fiction in the late twentieth century / Peter Bramwell -- 13. Childhood, youth culture and the uncanny: uncanny nights in contemporary fiction for young people / 11. Postmodernism, new historicism and postcolonialism: some recent historical novels / Lisa Sainsbury -- Gary Crew, Strange objects; Linda Crew, Children of the river; Paula Fox, The slave dancer; Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston, Farewell to Manzanar; An Na, A step from heaven; Beverley Naidoo, Journey to Jo'Burg; Gary Paulsen, Nightjohn; Mildred Taylor, Roll of thunder hear my cry -- Part III: Approaches and issues -- 12. Chronotopes and heritage: time and memory in contemporary children's literature / Lisa Sainsbury -- Mitsumasa Anno et al., All in a day; Anne Provoost, Falling; Hugh Scott, Why weeps the brogan?; Marcus Sedgwick, The dark horse -- 13. Childhood, youth culture and the uncanny: uncanny nights in contemporary fiction for young people / Maria Nikolajeva -- 16. Voicing identity: the dilemma of narrative perspective in twenty-first century young adult fiction / 14. Magic and maturation: uses of magic in fantasy fiction / Peter Bramwell -- Michelle Paver, Outcast; Wolf brothers; Susan Price, The ghost drum -- 15. Supermen, cyborgs, avatars and geeks: technology and the human in contemporary young adult fiction / Richard Shakeshaft -- M.T. Anderson, Feed; B.R. Collins, Gamerunner; Cory Doctorow, Little brother; Marissa Meyer, cinder; Robin Wasserman, Skinned -- 16. Voicing identity: the dilemma of narrative perspective in twenty-first century young adult fiction / Maria Nikolajeva -- Index. Further reading -- Index.
Summary:
"Modern children's literature is currently receiving much public and critical attention. Organized to show developments in children's literature over time and across genres, this introductory guide looks at key British, American and Australian works, from picture books and texts for younger children, through to graphic novels and young adult fiction. Each chapter applies specific critical approaches, supported by explanatory boxed material and suggestions for further reading. The second edition of this established, classic text has been thoroughly revised, updated and expanded to reflect current issues in the field. It features new chapters by leading names on key topics such as canon formation, psychoanalytic approaches, fantasy, and technology, and includes an essay on children's poetry by the former Children's Laureate, Michael Rosen"-- Provided by publisher.
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