Literature and the child : romantic continuations, postmodern contestations /

These distinguished essays powerfully define the myriad ways in which the Romantic image of the child, so compellingly portrayed by Wordsworth and Blake, continues to haunt us, shaping contemporary visions of childhood from Calvin and Hobbes to postmodernist poetry and fiction to sociological discus...

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Outros autores: McGavran, James Holt, Jr., 1941-2014 (Editor)
Formato: Licensed eBooks
Idioma:inglés
Publicado: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, ©1999.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Acceso en liña:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=67727
Table of Contents:
  • Romantic Continuations, Postmodern Contestations, or, "It's a Magical World, Hobbes, Ol' Buddy" ... Crash! / James Holt McGavran
  • Romanticism Continuing and Contested
  • Romanticism and the End of Childhood / Alan Richardson
  • Reading Children and Homeopathic Romanticism: Paradigm Lost, Revisionary Gleam, or "Plus Ca Change, Plus C'est la Meme Chose"? / Mitzi Myers
  • Romantic Ironies, Postmodern Texts
  • Taking Games Seriously: Romantic Irony in Modern Fantasy for Children of All Ages / Dieter Petzold
  • "Infant Sight": Romanticism, Childhood, and Postmodern Poetry / Richard Flynn
  • Wordsworth, Lost Boys, and Romantic Hom(e)ophobia / James Holt McGavran
  • Romanticism and the Commerce of Children's Books
  • Sensational Designs: The Cultural Work of Kate Greenaway / Anne Lundin
  • The Marketing of Romantic Childhood: Milne, Disney, and a Very Popular Stuffed Bear / Paula T. Connolly
  • Romantic Ideas in Cultural Confrontations
  • The Art of Maternal Nurture in Mary Austin's The Basket Woman / William J. Scheick
  • Romanticism and Archetypes in Ruth Nichols's Song of the Pearl / Teya Rosenberg.