Criticism, Theory and Children's Literature by Peter Hunt

Criticism, Theory and Children's Literature by Peter Hunt

Children's literature is an expanding field of study, involving criticism, education, and psychology. This book argues that children's literature has an important role in the development of critical theory, especially in the areas of reader response and the effect of the imagined readership on the writing of the text itself. The book does not tackle the subject in the context of schools and movements in criticism, but seeks to develop ideas from basics, using the minimum of critical jargon.

Professor Emeritus of Children's Literature in Cardiff University, Peter Hunt was the first specialist in the field of children's literature to be awarded full Professor of English at a British university. He has authored or edited eighteen books on the subject, as well as more than 200 essays and 150 book reviews. His books have been/are being translated into Danish, Japanese, Greek, Persian, and Korean, and he has also released four novels for young adults. From Finland to New Zealand and Japan, he has lectured at over 100 universities and colleges in 20 countries, including stints as a Visiting Professor at universities in the United States and as a Visiting Fellow in Australia. In 1995, he received the Outstanding Scholarship Prize from the International Society for the Fantastic in the Arts, and in 2003, he received the Brothers' Grimm Award for services to children's literature from the International Institute for Children's Books in Osaka. He is one of the editors of the Norton Anthology of Children's Literature (January 2005) and the second edition of the International Companion Encyclopedia of Children's Literature (Routledge, 2 volumes, 2004).

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ISBN 13	9780631162315
ISBN 10	0631162313
Title	Criticism, Theory and Children's Literature
Author	Peter Hunt
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Year published	1991-01-31
Number of pages	276
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