Language and Ideology in Children's Fiction by John Stephens

Language and Ideology in Children's Fiction by John Stephens

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Summary

Contemporary discussions of literature have paid increasing attention to the ideologies pervading texts and to the ways in which creative literature represents the individual both as subject and as agent. This text examines these matters in narratives written for children.

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Language and Ideology in Children's Fiction by John Stephens

An authoritative analysis of narratives written for children, focusing on the ideologies pervading texts and the ways in which creative literature represents the individual both as subject and as agent. Uses a wide range of international examples of particular types of children's books: old and new fairy tales, fantasy and historical fiction and poetry.
"..compulsory reading for all serious students of children's literature."   Reading Time, The Journal of the Children's Book Council of Australia
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ISBN 13 9780582070622
ISBN 10 0582070627
Title Language and Ideology in Children's Fiction
Author John Stephens
Series Language In Social Life
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Pearson Education Limited
Year published 1992-07-06
Number of pages 336
Prizes Winner of International Brothers Grimm Award 2007
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