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Children's & teenage literature studies
Hardcover. This study of the afterlife of Robinson Crusoe offers insights into the continued popularity and relevance of Crusoe's story and how modern conceptions of childhood are shaped by nostalgia and ideas of 'the popular'. Examining many adaptations in a variety of formats, it reconsiders the place Crusoe has occupied in our culture for three centuries. Series: Critical Approaches to Children's Literature. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK; DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230272705
- ISBN
- 9780230272705
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.52
€ 66.52
Paperback. This user-friendly textbook for students of creative writing explores the issue of picture books, literacy and writing for children in their early years. Andrew Melrose encourages students to examine the critical questions in child literacy through an exploration of the fusion of text and images. Num Pages: 168 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, 7 black & white tables, 13 black & white halftones, 6 blac. BIC Classification: DSY; JNLA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 176 x 245 x 10. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415617505
- ISBN
- 9780415617505
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.82
€ 38.82
Hardcover. Examining culturally significant works of children's culture through a posthumanist, or animality studies lens, Animality and Children's Literature and Film argues that Western philosophy's objective to establish a notion of an exclusively human subjectivity is continually countered in the very texts that ostensibly work to this end. Series: Critical Approaches to Children's Literature. Num Pages: 171 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 143 x 14. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137373151
- ISBN
- 9781137373151
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.52
€ 66.52
Paperback. Provides important information for children's writers. With lists of reading-level specific words and a thesaurus of words annotated with reading levels, this guide aims to save writers time by collecting everything they need to know about age-appropriate language. Num Pages: 352 pages, 50 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CBV; CBW; DSR; DSY; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 229 x 25. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- F&W Publications Inc
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781582974132
- ISBN
- 9781582974132
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.89
€ 21.99
€ 19.89
Hardcover. This pioneering study is the first full-length treatment of feminism and the environment in children's literature. Drawing on the history, philosophy and ethics of ecofeminism, it examines the ways in which post-apocalyptic landscapes in young adult fiction reflect contemporary attitudes towards environmental crisis and human responsibility. Series: Critical Approaches to Children's Literature. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137270108
- ISBN
- 9781137270108
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
hardcover. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CF; DSB; DSY; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 186 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2003rd Edition
- SKU
- V9781403907882
- ISBN
- 9781403907882
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Paperback. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB; DSB; DSY; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 218 x 14. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349510405
- ISBN
- 9781349510405
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.78
€ 127.78
Paperback. Mesquakie, Missouri, Iowa. Ages 9-12. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DSY; YFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 144 x 8. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Roberts Rinehart Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570980107
- ISBN
- 9781570980107
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.81
€ 11.81
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSYC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 220 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551113401
- ISBN
- 9781551113401
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.43€ 51.38
€ 51.43
€ 51.38
Hardcover. A critical assessement of mystery in children's literature, this collection charts a development from religious mystery through rationally solved detective fictions to insoluble supernatural and horror mysteries. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSY; YFCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 221 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 241
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 2001st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333918814
- ISBN
- 9780333918814
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Hardback. Riddles are threaded through The Hobbit, and are key to Tolkien's creative imagination. The Riddles of The Hobbit situates this novel and the rest of Tolkien's writing in the context of Old English riddling culture, and more modern day examples; it sets out to solve the many riddles of the novel in original and often surprising ways. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; DSY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137373632
- ISBN
- 9781137373632
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.81
€ 38.81
Paperback. Series: Critical Approaches to Children's Literature. Num Pages: 171 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSY; JFC; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 237.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349476480
- ISBN
- 9781349476480
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. The first volume to consider childhood over eight centuries of British writing, this book traces the literary child from medieval to contemporary texts. Written by international experts, the volume's essays challenge earlier readings of childhood and offer fascinating contributions to the current upsurge of interest in constructions of childhood. Editor(s): Gavin, A. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSY; JFC; JFSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349345496
- ISBN
- 9781349345496
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.97
€ 66.97
Paperback. Series: Critical Approaches to Children's Literature. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSC; DSY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 305.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349444243
- ISBN
- 9781349444243
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.30
€ 71.30
paperback. If societies have only memories of war, of cruelty, of violence, then why are we called humankind? This book marks a new trajectory in Memory Studies by examining cultural memories of nonviolent struggles from ten countries. The book reminds us of the enduring cultural scripts for human agency, solidarity, resilience and human kindness. Editor(s): Reading, A.; Katriel, Tamar. Series: Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSY; HBAH; HBTB; JFD; JKV. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 335.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 271
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- SKU
- V9781349441228
- ISBN
- 9781349441228
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.94
€ 65.94
Hardback. Editor(s): O'Sullivan, Keith; Whyte, Padraic. Series: Critical Approaches to Children's Literature. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137603111
- ISBN
- 9781137603111
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.99
€ 149.99
Hardback. Editor(s): Horne, Jackie C.; White, Donna R. Series: Children's Literature Association Centennial Studies. Num Pages: 302 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810872585
- ISBN
- 9780810872585
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.78
€ 125.78
Paperback. An exploration of Philip Pullman's bestselling trilogy, "His Dark Materials". It looks at the many issues raised by the Dark Materials world, and by the controversies it has stirred up. Editor(s): Greene, Richard; Robison, Rachel. Series: Popular Culture and Philosophy. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DSY; HPX; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812696714
- ISBN
- 9780812696714
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.80
€ 21.99
€ 19.80
paperback. The first book-lengthlook atchildhood in Edwardian fiction, this book challengesassumptions that the Edwardian period was simply a continuation of the Victorian or the start of the Modern. Exploring both classics and popular fiction, the authors provide a a compellingpicture of the Edwardian fictional cult of childhood." Editor(s): Gavin, A.; Humphries, Andrew F. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSY; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2009
- SKU
- V9781349307159
- ISBN
- 9781349307159
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.40
€ 66.40
Paperback. Religion is playing an increasingly central role in African political and developmental life. This book offers an empirical and theoretical reflection on the relationships between religion, politics and development in Africa; the meanings of religion in non-Western contexts and the way that is embedded in the everyday life of people in Africa. Editor(s): Bompani, Barbara; Frahm-Arp, Maria. Series: Non-Governmental Public Action. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSY; GTF; HRAM; JP; KCM; PGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349315161
- ISBN
- 9781349315161
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.25
€ 66.25