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International companion encyclopedia of children's literature

Author: Peter Hunt
Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.
Edition/Format:  Book : English : 2nd edView all editions and formats
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Genre/Form: Encyclopedias
Encyclopédies
encyclopédie
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Peter Hunt
ISBN: 0415290538 9780415290531 0415290546 9780415290548 0415290554 9780415290555
OCLC Number: 55220249
Description: 2 v. (xx, 1374 p.) ; 26 cm.
Contents: Vol. 1. Introduction : definitions, themes, changes, attitudes / Margaret Meek --
Internationalism, the universal child and the world of children/'s literature / Emer O'Sullivan --
Theorising and theories : the conditions of possibility of children's literature / David Rudd --
Criticism and the critical mainstream / Deborah Cogan Thacker --
Critical tradition and ideological positioning / Charles Sarland --
History and culture / Tony Watkins --
Linguistics and stylistics / John Stephens --
Reader-reponse criticism / Michael Benton --
Psychoanalytical criticism / Hamida Bosmajian --
Feminism revisited / Lissa Paul --
Picture books and illustration / Perry Nodelman --
Narrative theory and children's literature / Maria Nikolajeva --
Intertextuality and the child reader / Christine Wilkie-Stibbs --
Comparative children's literature / Emer O'Sullivan --
Bibliography / Matthew Grenby --
Ancient and medieval children's texts / Gilian Adams --
Texts in English used by children, 1550-1800 / Margaret Evans --
Myth and legend / Maurice Saxby --
Fairy tales and folk tales / Ruth B. Bottigheimer --
Playground rhymes and the oral tradition / Iona Opie --
Children's rhymes and folklore : contemporary and comparative approaches / Andy Arleo Catechistical, devotional and biblical writing / Ruth B. Bottigheimer --
Contemporary religious writing / Rita Ghesquière --
The development of illustrated texts and picture books / Joyce Irene Whalley --
The picture book : modern and postmodern / Michèle Anstey and Geoff Bull --
Shaping boyhood : British Emipire builders and adventurers / Dennis Butts --
Childhood, didacticism and the gendering of British children's literature / Christine Wilkie-Stibbs --
Popular literature : comics, dime novels, pulps and Penny Dreadfuls / Denis Gifford --
Contemporary comics / Katia Pizzi --
Poetry / Morag Styles --
Animal stories / Simon Flynn --
High fantasy / C.W. Sullivan III --
Domestic fantasy : real gardens with imaginary toads / Louisa Smith --
The family story / Gillian Avery --
School stories / Sheila Ray --
Pony books / Alison Haymonds --
Historical fiction / Janet Fisher --
War / Carol Fox and Peter Hunt --
Horror / Victoria de Rijke --
Science fiction / Jessica Yates --
Series fiction / Victor Watson --
Teenage fiction : realism, romances, contemporary problem novels / Julia Eccleshare --
Crossover literature / Rachel Falconer --
Writers for adults, writers for children / Marian Allsobrook --
Metafictions and experimental work / Robyn McCallum Drama / Susanne Greenhalgh --
Story-telling / Mary Medlicott --
Children's information texts / Margaret Mallett --
vol. 2. Children's book design / Douglas Martin --
Children's book publishing / Lisa Rowe Fraustino --
Reviewing and scholaraly journals / Gillian Adams with Sheila Ray --
Censorship / Mark I. West --
Awards and award-winners / Keith Barker with Christine Wilkie-Stibbs --
Television / David Buckingham --
Film / Ian Wojcik-Andrews --
Libraries, research collections and museums / Karen Nelson Hoyle --
What the authors tell us / Peter Hunt --
Teaching fiction / Nikki Gamble --
Reading and literacy / Sally Yates --
Selecting books for younger readers / Colin Mills and Jean Webb --
Teaching children's literature in higher education / Pamela Knights --
Publishing for special needs / Beverley Mathias --
Librarianship / Thomas van der Walt --
Bibliotherapy and psychology / Hugh Crago --
Creative writing for children : a practical approach / Andrew Melrose --
The world of children's literature : an introduction / Sheila Ray --
Culture and developing countries / Anne Pellowski --
Children's literature organisations : an international overview / Kimberley Reynolds --
Postcolonialism : originating difference / Roderick McGillis Translating for children, theory / Riitta Oittinen --
Translating for children, practice / Ronald Jobe --
African children's literature : an overview / Philomena Osazee Fayose --
French-speaking Africa / Marie Laurentin --
English-speaking Africa / Jay Heale --
Arabic children's literature / Taghreed Alqudsi-Ghabra --
Australia / Rosemary Ross Johnston --
Austria / Karin Haller --
The Baltic countries / Kestutis Urba --
Belgium / Vanessa Joosen --
Brazil / Laura Sandroni --
Canadian children's literature in English / Mavis Reimer --
Children's literature in Quebec and French-speaking Canada / Suzanne Pouliot --
The Caribbean (English-speaking) / Sheila Ray --
China / Laina Ho --
Czech Republic / Nadê da Sieglová --
Eastern Europe : Bulgaria, Poland, Romania / Sheila Ray --
France / Jean Perrot --
German children's literature from the eighteenth to the twentieth century / Hans-Heino Ewers --
The German Democratic Republic / Bernd Dolle-Weinkauff --
Greece : from the beginnings to 1945 / Vassilis D. Anagnostopoulos --
Greece : from 1945 to the present / Tassoula Tsilimeni --
Hungary / Katalin Nun --
The Indian sub-continent / Manorama Jafa --
Iran / Morteza Khosronejad --
Ireland / Valerie Coghlan Italy / Laura Kreyder --
Japan / Teruo Jinguh --
Jewish-Hebrew, Hebrew and Israeli children's literature / Yael Darr and Zohar Shavit --
Korea / Ho-Kyung Kim --
Mexico and Central America / Evelyn Arizpe --
Mongolia / Sheila Ray --
The Netherlands / Anne de Vries --
New Zealand / Betty Gilderdale --
The Nordic countries / Boel Westin --
Portugal / Francesca Blockeel and José António Gomes --
Russia / Ben Hellman --
Slovak Republic / Zuzana Stanislavová --
Slovenia / Milena Mileva Blazic --
South American and Spanish-speaking Caribbean countries / Maria Beatriz Medina and Olga García Larralde --
South East Asia : Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam / Sheila Ray --
South East Europe / Milena Mileva Blazic --
Spain / Carmen García Surrallés and Antonio Moreno Verdulla --
Switzerland / Verena Rutschmann --
Taiwan / Mieke Desmet and Ming Cherng Duh --
Turkey / Fatih Erdoäÿan --
British children's literature : a historical overiew / John Rowe Townsend --
Scotland / Lindsey Fraser --
Wales / Menna Lloyd Williams --
The USA : a historical overview / Jerry Griswold.
Responsibility: edited by Peter Hunt.
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