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Understanding Children's Literature Paperback - 2005 - 2nd Edition

by Hunt, Peter

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  • Title Understanding Children's Literature
  • Author Hunt, Peter
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 2nd
  • Edition 2
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 240
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Routledge, London, UK
  • Date 2005-05-26
  • Features Bibliography, Glossary, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 0415375460-11-1
  • ISBN 9780415375467 / 0415375460
  • Weight 0.97 lbs (0.44 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.6 x 6.92 x 0.53 in (24.38 x 17.58 x 1.35 cm)
  • Reading level 1440
  • Library of Congress subjects Children - Books and reading, Children's literature - History and criticism
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005002517
  • Dewey Decimal Code 809.892

From the publisher

Edited by Peter Hunt, a leading figure in the field, this book introduces the study of children's literature, addressing theoretical questions as well as the most relevant critical approaches to the discipline.

The fourteen chapters draw on insights from academic disciplines ranging from cultural and literary studies to education and psychology, and include an essay on what writers for children think about their craft. The result is a fascinating array of perspectives on key topics in children's literature as well as an introduction to such diverse concerns as literacy, ideology, stylistics, feminism, history, culture and bibliotherapy.

An extensive general bibliography is complemented by lists of further reading for each chapter and a glossary defines critical and technical terms, making the book accessible for those coming to the field or to a particular approach for the first time.

In this second edition there are four entirely new chapters; contributors have revisited and revised or rewritten seven of the chapters to reflect new thinking, while the remaining three are classic essays, widely acknowledged to be definitive.

Understanding Children's Literature will not only be an invaluable guide for students of literature or education, but it will also inform and enrich the practice of teachers and librarians.

About the author

Peter Hunt is Professor Emeritus in Children's Literature at Cardiff University.