The Art of Place in Literature for Children and Young Adults : How Locale Shapes a Story.

By:

Dewan, Pauline

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Lewiston : Edwin Mellen Press, 2010.Description: 1 online resource (410 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780773421974
0773421971

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:

823.0093559

LOC classification:

PR830.C513 .D495 2010

Other classification:

17.91

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Contents:

Introduction: place in children's literature -- Wondrous landscapes: the art of the fairy-tale setting -- The journey through life: the road, the path, the way -- Enclosed spaces: gardens, islands, valleys -- The sylvan landscape: trees, forests, jungles -- The magical built world: castles, palaces, enchanted cities -- Below the surface: caves, mines, underground places -- Liminal places: borderlines and thresholds.

Summary: This book examines the fairy-tale as a significant influence on place in the literature. The rapid development of children's fiction in the nineteenth century occurred shortly after the widespread circulation of fairy tales. Fairy tales are a particularly concrete, visual, and cinematic form of writing, a genre in which place plays a significant role. Children's authors use fictional landscapes in a variety of traditional and innovative ways to create compelling, powerful texts.

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This book examines the fairy-tale as a significant influence on place in the literature. The rapid development of children's fiction in the nineteenth century occurred shortly after the widespread circulation of fairy tales. Fairy tales are a particularly concrete, visual, and cinematic form of writing, a genre in which place plays a significant role. Children's authors use fictional landscapes in a variety of traditional and innovative ways to create compelling, powerful texts.