Pleasures of Children's Literature, The by Perry Nodelman

Pleasures of Children's Literature, The by Perry Nodelman

The Pleasures of Children's Literature, Third Edition, offers an overview of children's literature in the context of current professional discussion of children's literature and reading. Focusing on controversial issues and designed to provoke thought and debate, this ground-breaking text examines literary response to and analysis of the entire field of literary texts written by adults for children. The Pleasures of Children's Literature, Third Edition introduces and describes relevant current views in a number of disciplines, including literary theory; ideological, cultural and media studies; theories of visual culture and folklore; developmental and cognitive psychology; and pedagogical practice. Noteworthy new author team Nodelman and Reimer offer introductions to a range of relevant questions and approaches, and give readers an overview of theoretical approaches current in literary studies and related disciplines. They offer readers insight into the ways these studies and approaches might illuminate both children's responses and their own responses to understanding children's literature.

Reimer, Mavis: - Mavis Reimer is Canada Research Chair in the Culture of Childhood, director of the Centre for Research in Young People's Texts and Cultures, and an associate professor in the Department of English at the University of Winnipeg. She is co-author with Perry Nodelman of the third edition of The Pleasures of Children's Literature and editor of a collection of essays on Anne of Green Gables, entitled Such a Simple Little Tale.

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ISBN 13	9780801332487
ISBN 10	0801332486
Title	Pleasures of Children's Literature, The
Author	Perry Nodelman
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Pearson Education (US)
Year published	2002-09-10
Number of pages	352
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