Literature for Children : A Short Introduction
ISBN: 9780205591930 | 0205591930
Edition: 7thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Pub. Date: 1/1/2009
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This succinct yet comprehensive introduction to children's literature focuses on genres and concepts rather than on particular authors. This completely updated edition provides a clear, literary perspective for understanding the foundations and contexts of literature, including the various genres of children's literature, from picture to informational books. The Sixth Edition continues to be approachable and inviting with its clear and logical organization and its simple and direct prose. Arguing that students need to love literature, appreciat... MORE
| Preface to the Sixth Edition | p. xvii |
| About the Author | p. xix |
| The Contexts of Childrenrsquo;s Literature | p. 1 |
| The History of Childrenrsquo;s Literature | p. 3 |
| The Beginnings | p. 3 |
| The Classical World | p. 3 |
| The Middle Ages | p. 4 |
| The Renaissance | p. 5 |
| The Seventeenth Century | p. 6 |
| Puritanism | p. 6 |
| ... MORE | p. 9 |
| The Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries | p. 9 |
| Books for Childrenndash;at Last | p. 9 |
| Rousseau and the Moral Tale | p. 11 |
| The Rise of the Folktales | p. 11 |
| The Victorians: The Golden Age | p. 12 |
| British Childrenrsquo;s Literature | p. 14 |
| Adventure or Boysrsquo; Stories | p. 14 |
| Fantasy Stories | p. 14 |
| Realistic Stories | p. 15 |
| The United States | p. 16 |
| Adventure or Boysrsquo; Stories | p. 16 |
| Domestic or Girlsrsquo; Stories | p. 16 |
| Fantasy Stories | p. 17 |
| Childrenrsquo;s Book Illustration in the Golden Age | p. 17 |
| Popular Literaturendash;Great Britain and America | p. 20 |
| Between the Wars: 1920-1940 | p. 20 |
| From World War II to the Present | p. 21 |
| Childrenrsquo;s Literature from Around the World | p. 23 |
| Summary | p. 24 |
| Classroom Activities | p. 25 |
| Recommended Readings | p. 26 |
| Selected Bibliography of Retelling for Childrenrsquo;s Tales from the Ancient World | p. 27 |
| Tales from the Middle Ages | p. 28 |
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David L. Russell is a professor of languages and literature in Michigan where he teaches children's literature and folk literature.
