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Radical Children's Literature: Future Visions and Aesthetic Transformations in Juvenile Fiction
Kimberley Reynolds
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Description for Radical Children's Literature: Future Visions and Aesthetic Transformations in Juvenile Fiction
Hardcover. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSY. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 221 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 412.
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
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Number of Pages
215
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403985613
SKU
V9781403985613
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Ref
99-15
About Kimberley 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Children's Fiction is a long overdue rethinking of the status of children's fiction, showing that it is not the cosy, outdated backwater that some earlier critics have suggested.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