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Children's literature : criticism and the fictional child /

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This is a study of the figure of the child as it is presented in the criticism of children's literature. The book argues that in fact, this same body of criticism - through often contradictory versions of the 'child' - revels the realm of 'childhood' as one constructed by th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lesnik-Oberstein, Karín
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford : Oxford ; New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 1994.
Subjects:
Children's literature > History and criticism.
Children's literature > Psychological aspects.
Children > Books and reading.
Children in literature.
Criticism.
Littérature de jeunesse > Histoire et critique.
Critique.
Enfants dans la littérature de jeunesse.
Enfance dans la littérature.
Littérature de jeunesse > Aspect psychologique.
Enfants > Livres et lecture.
Children's literature.
Jeugdliteratuur.
Literatuurkritiek.
Enfants > Livres et lecture > Critique et interprétation.
Enfants > Dans la littérature.
Enfants > Livres et lecture > Aspect psychologique.
Children's literature
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This is a study of the figure of the child as it is presented in the criticism of children's literature. The book argues that in fact, this same body of criticism - through often contradictory versions of the 'child' - revels the realm of 'childhood' as one constructed by the adult reader.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 249 pages)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-238) and index.
ISBN:9780191671272
0191671274