Narratives of love and loss : studies in modern children's fiction / Margaret Rustin & Michael Rustin.

By:

Rustin, Margaret

Contributor(s):

Rustin, Michael

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London ; New York : Karnac, 2001.Edition: Rev. edDescription: 1 online resource (xi, 298 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781849403245
1849403244
9781780497389
1780497385
9780429477515
0429477511

Other title:

Narratives of love & loss

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Narratives of love and loss.DDC classification:

820.99282 22

LOC classification:

PR888.C5 N37 2001eb

Other classification:

79.16

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Contents:

Introduction: Deep Structures in Modern Children's Fiction -- Loneliness, Dreaming and Discovery: Tom's Midnight Garden -- Narnia: An Imaginary Land as Container of Moral and Emotional Adventure -- Magic Wishes and the Self Explorations of Children: Five Children and It -- The Life of Dolls: Rumer Godden's Understanding of Children's Imaginative Play -- The Maternal Capacities of a Small Boy: The Indian in the Cupboard -- Animals in Reality and Fantasy: Two Stories by Philippa Pearce -- The Poetic Power of Ordinary Speech: E.B. White's Children's Stories -- Who Believes in 'Borrowers'? -- Making Out in America: The Mouse and His Child -- Inner Implications of Extended Traumas: Carrie's War -- Finding Oneself among Strangers: Three Stories by Paula Fox -- Conclusions: Explorations of Loss -- Postscript: The Inner World of Harry Potter.

Summary: Annotation An important and perceptive contribution to the study of children's literature, this welcome reissue includes a new postscript exploring in detail the phenomenal success of J.K. Rowling's series of Harry Potter stories.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Annotation An important and perceptive contribution to the study of children's literature, this welcome reissue includes a new postscript exploring in detail the phenomenal success of J.K. Rowling's series of Harry Potter stories.