Narratives of Love and Loss : Studies in Modern Children's Fiction

ISBN-13: 9781855752696 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 298 str.

Margaret Rustin; Michael Rustin

Opis

An important and perceptive contribution to the study of children's literature, this welcome reissue includes a new postscript exploring in detail the phenomenal success of J.K.Rowling's series of Harry Potter stories.

Spis treści

Preface to the Revised Edition , Introduction: Deep Structures in Modern Children’s Fiction , Loneliness, Dreaming and Discovery: Tom’s Midnight Garden , Narnia: An Imaginary Land as Container of Moral and Emotional Adventure , Magic Wishes and the Self-Explorations of Children: Five Children and It , The Life of Dolls: Rumer Godden’s Understanding of Children’s Imaginative Play , The Maternal Capacities of a Small Boy: The Indian in the Cupboard , Animals in Reality and Fantasy: Two Stories by Philippa Pearce , The Poetic Power of Ordinary Speech: E. B. White’s Children’s Stories , Who Believes in ‘Borrowers’? , Making Out in America: The Mouse and His Child , Inner Implications of Extended Traumas: Carrie’s War , Finding Oneself Among Strangers: Three Stories by Paula Fox , Conclusion: Explorations of Loss , Postscript: The Inner World of Harry Potter

O autorze

Margaret Rustin