The Rhetorical Power of Children's Literature.

By:

Saunders, John H

Contributor(s):

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Children and Youth in Popular Culture SeriesPublisher: Blue Ridge Summit : Lexington Books/Fortress Academic, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (192 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781498543309

Subject(s):

Children's literature - History and criticism

Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Rhetorical Power of Children's LiteratureLOC classification:

PN1009.A1.R478 2017

Online resources:

Click to View

Contents:

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 Bedtime Rhetoric -- Part I PICTURE BOOKS -- Chapter 2 TSZ, TSZ, TSZ to Industrial "Cap"italism -- Chapter 3 Pigs and Wolves -- Chapter 4 The Cat in the Hat -- Chapter 5 Mommy and Daddy Were Married, and Other Creation Myths in Children's Books About Sex -- Part II YA LITERATURE -- Chapter 6 "Good Readers" in Narnia -- Chapter 7 "Why Do You Hurt These Children?" The Rhetoric of "Risky Stories" in Children's Literature -- Chapter 8 Subversive Identification and the Coincidentia Oppositorum in Ursula Le Guin's A Wizard of Earthsea -- Chapter 9 The Multi-Gaze Perspective of Harry Potter -- Conclusion -- Index -- About the Contributors.

Summary: This book offers case studies analyzing a full array of genres in children's literature, from picture books to young adult novels. This volume's contributions interrogate how children's literature is a powerful yet under examined space of rhetorical discourse that influences one of the most impressionable segments of our population.

Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.

Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)

No physical items for this record

This book offers case studies analyzing a full array of genres in children's literature, from picture books to young adult novels. This volume's contributions interrogate how children's literature is a powerful yet under examined space of rhetorical discourse that influences one of the most impressionable segments of our population.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.