| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 191 pages) |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-176) and index. |
| Contents |
Imagining the child / Deborah Thacker -- King of the Golden River and Romanticism ; Closing the garret door : a feminist reading of Little Women / Jean Webb -- Victorianism, empire and the paternal voice / Deborah Thacker -- Reality and enigma in The Water- Babies ; Alice as subject in the logic of wonderland / Jean Webb -- Testing boundaries ; The Wonderful Wizard of Oz : pleasure without nightmares / Deborah Thacker -- Romanticism vs. empire in The Secret Garden / Jean Webb -- New voices, new threats / Deborah Thacker -- Connecting with Mary Poppins ; Spinning the word : Charlotte's Web / Jean Webb -- Real or story? : The Borrowers ; Playful subversion / Deborah Thacker -- Clockwork, a fairy tale for a postmodern time ; Postmodern reflection of the genre of fairy tale : The Stinky Cheese Man and other fairly stupid tales / Jean Webb. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Children's stories, American -- History and criticism.
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Children's stories, American. |
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Children's stories, English -- History and criticism.
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Children's stories, English. |
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Children -- Books and reading.
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Children -- Books and reading. |
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Postmodernism (Literature)
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Postmodernism (Literature) |
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Romanticism.
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Romanticism. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Subject |
Children. |
| Added Author |
Webb, Jean, 1949-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Thacker, Deborah Cogan, 1956- Introducing children's literature. London ; New York : Routledge, 2002 (DLC) 2002075124 |
| ISBN |
0203995376 (electronic book) |
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9780203995372 (electronic book) |
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0415204119 (Paper) |
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0415204100 (hc.) |
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