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The Cambridge Companion to Children's Literature

2009-12-10 Literary Criticism
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Book Synopsis The Cambridge Companion to Children's Literature by : M. O. Grenby

Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Children's Literature written by M. O. Grenby. This book was released on 2009-12-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some of the most innovative and spell-binding literature has been written for young people, but only recently has academic study embraced its range and complexity. This Companion offers a state-of-the-subject survey of English-language children's literature from the seventeenth century to the present. With discussions ranging from eighteenth-century moral tales to modern fantasies by J. K. Rowling and Philip Pullman, the Companion illuminates acknowledged classics and many more neglected works. Its unique structure means that equal consideration can be given to both texts and contexts. Some chapters analyse key themes and major genres, including humour, poetry, school stories, and picture books. Others explore the sociological dimensions of children's literature and the impact of publishing practices. Written by leading scholars from around the world, this Companion will be essential reading for all students and scholars of children's literature, offering original readings and new research that reflects the latest developments in the field.

The Cambridge Companion to Literature on Screen

2007-05-10 Literary Criticism
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Release : 2007-05-10
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Book Synopsis The Cambridge Companion to Literature on Screen by : Deborah Cartmell

Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Literature on Screen written by Deborah Cartmell. This book was released on 2007-05-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Companion offers a multi-disciplinary approach to literature on film and television. Writers are drawn from different backgrounds to consider broad topics, such as the issue of adaptation from novels and plays to the screen, canonical and popular literature, fantasy, genre and adaptations for children. There are also case studies, such as Shakespeare, Jane Austen, the nineteenth-century novel and modernism, which allow the reader to place adaptations of the work of writers within a wider context. An interview with Andrew Davies, whose work includes Pride and Prejudice (1995) and Bleak House (2005), reveals the practical choices and challenges that face the professional writer and adaptor. The Companion as a whole provides an extensive survey of an increasingly popular field of study.

The Cambridge Companion to Fantasy Literature

2012-01-26 Literary Criticism
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Release : 2012-01-26
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Book Synopsis The Cambridge Companion to Fantasy Literature by : Edward James

Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Fantasy Literature written by Edward James. This book was released on 2012-01-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fantasy is a creation of the Enlightenment, and the recognition that excitement and wonder can be found in imagining impossible things. From the ghost stories of the Gothic to the zombies and vampires of twenty-first-century popular literature, from Mrs Radcliffe to Ms Rowling, the fantastic has been popular with readers. Since Tolkien and his many imitators, however, it has become a major publishing phenomenon. In this volume, critics and authors of fantasy look at its history since the Enlightenment, introduce readers to some of the different codes for the reading and understanding of fantasy, and examine some of the many varieties and subgenres of fantasy; from magical realism at the more literary end of the genre, to paranormal romance at the more popular end. The book is edited by the same pair who produced The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction (winner of a Hugo Award in 2005).

The Cambridge Companion to Literature and Food

2020-03-19 Cooking
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Release : 2020-03-19
Genre : Cooking
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Book Synopsis The Cambridge Companion to Literature and Food by : J. Michelle Coghlan

Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Literature and Food written by J. Michelle Coghlan. This book was released on 2020-03-19. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Companion rethinks food in literature from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales to contemporary food blogs, and recovers cookbooks as literary texts.

The Cambridge Companion to James Baldwin

2015-04-09 Literary Criticism
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Release : 2015-04-09
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Book Synopsis The Cambridge Companion to James Baldwin by : Michele Elam

Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to James Baldwin written by Michele Elam. This book was released on 2015-04-09. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Companion offers fresh insight into the art and politics of James Baldwin, one of the most important writers and provocative cultural critics of the twentieth century. Black, gay, and gifted, he was hailed as a 'spokesman for the race', although he personally, and controversially, eschewed titles and classifications of all kinds. Individual essays examine his classic novels and nonfiction as well as his work across lesser-examined domains: poetry, music, theatre, sermon, photo-text, children's literature, public media, comedy, and artistic collaboration. In doing so, The Cambridge Companion to James Baldwin captures the power and influence of his work during the civil rights era as well as his relevance in the 'post-race' transnational twenty-first century, when his prescient questioning of the boundaries of race, sex, love, leadership, and country assume new urgency.

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