児童文学における成人 Coming of Age in Children's Literature : Growth and Maturity in the Work of Phillippa Pearce, Cynthia Voigt and Jan Mark (Contemporary Classics in Children's Literature)

Meek Spencer, Margaret/ Watson, Victor

Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.（2003/11発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 204 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780826458421
• DDC分類 820.9982

基本説明

Including both a broad survey of the theme across a number of genres and an in-depth analysis of the work of key writers, the authors work towards an answer to the question 'What is a classic?'

Full Description

Edited by Morag Styles and written by an interational 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 key authors, major works and contexts in which those texts are published. Margaret Meek and Victor Watson provide a profound and revealing examiniation of the treatment of personal development, maturation and rites of passage in literature written for children and adolescents. Including a broad survey of the theme across a number of genres and an in-depth analysis of the work of key writers, the authors work towards an answer to the question What is a classic? Margaret Meek is Reader Emeritus at the Institute of Education in London. Victor Watson is Assistant Director of Research at Homerton College, Cambridge.

Contents

A survey of the field including the work of: - Mark Twain - Paul Zindel - Louis Sachar - Nick Warburton - Phillippa Pearce - Cynthia Voigt - Jan Mark - Index