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Don't Tell the Grown-Ups: The Subversive Power of Children's Literature
by Alison Lurie
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Synopses & Reviews In sixteen spirited essays, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Alison Lurie, who is also one of our wittiest and most astute cultural commentators, explores the world of children's literature--from Lewis Carroll to Dr. Seuss, Mark Twain to Beatrix Potter--and shows that the best-loved children's books tend to challenge rather than uphold respectable adult values. Description: Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-222). Table of Contents - ch. 1.Subversive children's literature
- 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.
Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780316246255
- Subtitle:
- The Subversive Power of Children's Literature
- Author:
- Lurie, Alison
- Publisher:
- Back Bay Books
- Location:
- Boston :
- Subject:
- General
- Subject:
- Children
- Subject:
- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Subject:
- Books & Reading
- Subject:
- Children's Literature
- Subject:
- Children's literature, English
- Subject:
- Hastcry and cratacasm
- Subject:
- Social norms in literature.
- Edition Description:
- 1st Back Bay paperback edition.
- Series Volume:
- no. 510
- Publication Date:
- July 1998
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Language:
- English
- Pages:
- 256
- Dimensions:
- 8.52x5.51x.61 in. .70 lbs.
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