The Edinburgh Companion to Children's Literature
Clémentine Beauvais author Maria Nikolajeva author
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Edinburgh University Press
Published:31st Oct '17
Should be back in stock very soon
Time has passed since 'having a PhD in children's literature' was a funny joke in You've Got Mail. Children's literature research is now one of the most dynamic fields of literary criticism and of education, and has a bright future ahead - as children's writers and publishers invent yet more forms of literature for young people, and researchers find yet more sophisticated ways of exploring them. This collection takes informed and scholarly readers to the utmost frontier of children's literature criticism, from the intricate worlds of children's poetry, picturebooks and video games to the new theoretical constellations of critical plant studies, non-fiction studies and big data analyses of literature.
It has been a true delight for the reviewer to discover The Edinburgh Companion to Children's Literature to be an up-to-date, wide-ranging, and future-oriented companion that can be recommended to a broad audience. It is an inspiring encouragement to map new territories of Children's literature or to carefully reconsider and nuance those already sketched. -- Nina Goga, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences * Bookbird *
This remarkable work provides not just a carefully composed snapshot of the discipline today, but a compelling vision of its future. Experienced and new voices, established and emerging approaches, topical issues and old debates revisited – and all clearly explained. A gift to scholars. -- Professor Kimberley Reynolds, Newcastle University
ISBN: 9781474414630
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384 pages