| Description |
xi, 244 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Children's literature and culture ; 29
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Children's literature and culture ; 29.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Getting to utopia : railways and heterotopia in children's literature / Alice Jenkins -- American boys'series books and the utopia of the air / Fred Erisman -- Travels through dystopia : H.G. Wells and The Island of Dr. Moreau / Alberto Manguel -- Sarah Fielding's childhood utopia / Sara Gadeken -- Tinklers and time machines : time travel in the social fantasy of E. Nesbit and H.G. Wells / Cathrine Frank -- Writing on the wall of Redwall / Holly V. Blackford -- 'Joy but not peace' : Zilpha Keatley Snyder's Green-sky Trilogy / Carrie Hintz --Terrible lizard dream kingdom / James Gurney -- Bridge to utopia / Katherine Paterson -- Suffering in utopia : testing the limits in young adult novels / Rebecca Carol Noël Totaro -- Educating desire : magic, power, and control in Tanith Lee's Unicorn trilogy / Maureen F. Moran -- Struggle between utopia and dystopia in writing for children and young adults / Monica Hughes -- Presenting the case for social change : the creative dilemma of dystopian writing for children / Kay Sambell -- Quest for the perfect planet : the British secondary world as utopia and dystopia, 1945-1999 / Karen Sands O'Connor. |
| Subject |
Children's literature -- History and criticism.
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Children's literature. |
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Young adult literature -- History and criticism.
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Young adult literature. |
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Children -- Books and reading.
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Children -- Books and reading. |
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Youth -- Books and reading.
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Youth -- Books and reading. |
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Utopias in literature.
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Utopias in literature. |
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Dystopias in literature.
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Dystopias in literature. |
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Children. |
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Youth. |
| Added Author |
Hintz, Carrie, 1970-
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Ostry, Elaine, 1967-
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| ISBN |
0415940176 alkaline paper |
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9780415940177 alkaline paper |
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