The Rhetorical Power of Children's Literature

Herausgeber: Saunders, John H.

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Produktbeschreibung

This book offers case studies analyzing a full array of genres in children's literature, from picture books to young adult novels. This volume's contributions interrogate how children's literature is a powerful yet under examined space of rhetorical discourse that influences one of the most impressionable segments of our population.

Produktdetails

• Children and Youth in Popular Culture
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 194
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 290g
• ISBN-13: 9781498543316
• ISBN-10: 1498543316
• Artikelnr.: 54372738

Autorenporträt

Edited by John H. Saunders - Contributions by Jennifer Beidendorf; Mary Elizabeth Bezanson; Lauren Rose Camacci; Joshua D. Hill; Lauren Lemley; Brett Lunceford; Deborah Lee Norland; Christopher J. Oldenburg and Michael Warren Tumolo

Inhaltsangabe

1.Bedtime Rhetoric John H. Saunders 2.TSZ, TSZ, TSZ to Industrial
'Cap'italism: A Marxist Analysis of Caps for Sale Christopher J. Oldenburg
3.Pigs and Wolves: The Rhetorical Construction of a Traditional Tale and a
Contemporary Pastiche Mary Elizabeth Bezanson and Deborah Lee Norland 4.The
Cat in the Hat: The Complexity of a Simple Tale John H. Saunders 5.Mommy
and Daddy Were Married, and Other Creation Myths in Children's Books About
Sex Brett L. Lunceford 6."Good Readers" in Narnia: C. S. Lewis's Rhetoric
of Invitation Joshua D. Hill 7."Why Do You Hurt These Children?": The
Rhetoric of "Risky Stories" in Children's Literature Lauren Lemley
8.Subversive Identification and the Coincidentia Oppositorum in Ursula Le
Guin's A Wizard of Earthsea Michael Warren Tumolo and Jennifer Beidendorf
9.The Multi-Gaze Perspective of Harry Potter Lauren Rose Camacci
10.Conclusion John H. Saunders