Sixteen chapters in this work explore the psychological subtexts of a number of important children's books. While most of the analyses deal primarily with the psychological development of characters, some focus on the lives of authors and illustrators. Other chapters analyze the various responses that readers have to children's books.
Sixteen chapters in this work explore the psychological subtexts of a number of important children's books. While most of the analyses deal primarily ...
These essays explore the far-reaching ideology unleashed by Disneyland. Topics include Disney's role in the creation of children's architecture, Frontierland as an allegorical map of the American West, the cultural invasion of France in Disneyland Paris, the politics of nostalgia and hyperurbanity in the town of Celebration, Florida.
These essays explore the far-reaching ideology unleashed by Disneyland. Topics include Disney's role in the creation of children's architecture, Front...
Although Walt Disney is best known as a filmmaker, perhaps his greatest skill and influence was as a reader. While many would have regarded Felix Salten's Bambi and Carlo Collodi's Pinocchio as too somber for family-oriented animated films, he saw possibilities in them. He appealed to his audience by selecting familiar stories, but transformed them to suit audience sensibilities. Many of the tales he chose to adapt to film went on to become the most read books in America, eventually becoming literary classics. Although much published research has addressed his adaptation process - often...
Although Walt Disney is best known as a filmmaker, perhaps his greatest skill and influence was as a reader. While many would have regarded Felix Salt...
Explores individuals in literature, media, health, business, and other areas who impacted childhood in the twentieth- and twenty-first centuries. Ranging from the recognizable to the less well-known, these people left indelible marks on children's culture as we know it today.
Explores individuals in literature, media, health, business, and other areas who impacted childhood in the twentieth- and twenty-first centuries. Rang...
President Theodore Roosevelt had a passion for reading books, and he did not keep this passion to himself. He often wrote about his experiences as a reader and collector of books. He wrote scholarly essays about literature and literary history. He often wrote book reviews for such publications as The Atlantic Monthly, The Bookman, The Outlook, and The New York Times Review of Books. Roosevelt’s writings about books are worth reading for their own sake, for in these pieces he provided critical insights into influential books. His writings about books, however, are also important because they...
President Theodore Roosevelt had a passion for reading books, and he did not keep this passion to himself. He often wrote about his experiences as a r...
