Synopses & Reviews
Children's Literature: New Approaches is a guide for graduate and upper-level undergraduate students of children's literature. It is structured through critics reading individual texts to bring out wider issues that are current in the field. Includes chronology of key events and publications, a selective guide to further reading and a list of web-based resources.
About the Author
Karin Lesnik-Oberstein is a Lecturer in English, American and Children's Literature at the University of Reading and Director of the Centre for International Research in Childhood: Literature, Culture, Media.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements * Notes on Contributors * Chronology * Introduction--K.Lesnik-Oberstein * Author and Authorship--S.Walsh * Victorian Childhood--C.Sutphin * Reading--J.H.Miller * The Implied Reader--N.Cocks * Children's Literature, Science and Faith--L.M.Harper * The Child, The Family, The Relationship--S.Thomson * Reading Intertextuality--D.Caselli * National Identity--J.Lazu * Landscapes--S.Spooner * Index