Radical Children´s Literature: Future Visions and Aesthetic Transformations in Juvenile Fiction
K. Reynolds
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Description for Radical Children´s Literature: Future Visions and Aesthetic Transformations in Juvenile Fiction
Paperback. This book, now available in paperback, reappraises the place of children's literature, showing it to be a creative space where writers and illustrators try out new ideas about books, society, and narratives in an age of instant communication and multi-media. Num Pages: 232 pages, 4 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 294.
This book reappraises the place of children's literature, showing it to be a creative space where writers and illustrators try out new ideas about books, society, and narratives in an age of instant communication and multi-media. It looks at the stories about the world and young people; the interaction with changing childhoods and new technologies.
This book reappraises the place of children's literature, showing it to be a creative space where writers and illustrators try out new ideas about books, society, and narratives in an age of instant communication and multi-media. It looks at the stories about the world and young people; the interaction with changing childhoods and new technologies.
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
228
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
215
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230239371
SKU
V9780230239371
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Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About K. Reynolds
Kimberly Reynolds is Professor of Children's Literature at Newcastle University, UK. Kimberly was formerly President of the International Research Society for Children's Literature (2003-7), board member of the V&A Trustees' committee with responsibility for the Museum of Childhood, and a board member of the charity Booktrust (Chair 2004-8), and is currently a member of the UK Children s Laureate steering ... Read more
Reviews for Radical Children´s Literature: Future Visions and Aesthetic Transformations in Juvenile Fiction
Winner of the 2007 Book Award by the Children's Literature Association 'Radical Children's Fiction is a long overdue rethinking of the status of children's fiction, showing that it is not the cosy, outdated backwater that some earlier critics have suggested. Rather, it is vibrant and multiform, often cutting-edge and subversive. Covering a huge geographical and historical range, ... Read more