Children's fantasy literature : an introduction
"Fantasy has been an important and much-loved part of children's literature for hundreds of years, yet relatively little has been written about it. Children's Fantasy Literature traces the development of the tradition of the children's fantastic - fictions specifically written for children and fictions appropriated by them - from the sixteenth to the twenty-first century, examining the work of Lewis Carroll, L. Frank Baum, C. S. Lewis, Roald Dahl, J. K. Rowling and others from across the English-speaking world. The volume considers changing views on both the nature of the child and on the appropriateness of fantasy for the child reader, the role of children's fantasy literature in helping to develop the imagination, and its complex interactions with issues of class, politics and gender. The text analyses hundreds of works of fiction, placing each in its appropriate context within the tradition of fantasy literature"--amazon.com.
Bibliographic Information
| Format: | Book |
|---|---|
| Author: | Levy, Michael, 1950 April 15- |
| Subject: |
Children's literature Fantastic, The, in literature Fantasy fiction |
| Publication Year: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | Cambridge ; Cambridge University Press, 2016. |
| ISBN: | 9781107610293 110761029X |
| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-243) and index. Introduction -- 1. How fantasy became children's literature -- 2. Fairies, ghouls and goblins: the realms of Victorian and Edwardian fancy -- 3. The American search for an American childhood -- 4. British and Empire fantasy between the wars -- 5. The changing landscape of post-war fantasy -- 6. Folklore, fantasy and indigenous fantasy -- 7. Middle-earth, medievalism and mythopoeic fantasy -- 8. Harry Potter and children's fantasy since the 1990s -- 9. Romancing the teen -- Further reading. |
| Course: |
ENG273 |
Availability at HKSYU Library
| Location | Call number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| English Book (5/F) | 809.89282 LEV 2016 | Available |